Literature
Nadine Gordimer: A Tribute
Arul Gaspar pays tribute to the late writer, Nadine Gordimer, who was an agent for political and social commitment
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Non-Fiction
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Culture
Dighir Pare
On certain nights there are nightmares, dull, blinding and dramatic. Every time the scene is the same, I run down the Sukleshwar ghat on the…
Literature
Whose Real is it Anyway?
Tanuj Solanki responds to Amitava Kumar’s article, “The Shiver of the Real” from May 2014 issue of The Caravan
Literature
The Inner World of U. R. Ananthamurthy
Arvind Radhakrishnan & Sudeep Reguna interviews noted writer and Jnanpith winner, Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy
Culture
Kiddie jingles fall from grace
Rini Barman pays tribute to Khagen Mahanta, the Assamese folk singer who recently passed away
Literature
On Reading in Bed
Robert Boucheron refers to essays of Montaigne while on the subject of reading
Literature
Tribute to a Phenomenal Woman
The Bangalore Review pays tribute to Maya Angelou
Literature
Revisiting Premier’s Mr. Shanbhag
Arvind Radhakrishnan & Suhail Rasheed catches up with T S Shanbhag, the owner of Premier Book Shop, for a candid chat
Cinema
Reading the Book of Living
Taline Voskeritichian’s review, meditation and analysis of Michael Haneke’s Amour
Literature
Of Books and the Reading Life
Cheriyan Alexander’s recollection from a personal journey of reading and collecting books
Culture
Hurriedly Brewed: The Taste of a City
Maitreyee B. Chowdhury writes from her visit to Hatibagan in Calcutta
Literature
More Real, than Magical
#94616965 / gettyimages.com The Nobel Prize winning Colombian writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez passed away on 17th April, 2014. Through his One Hundred Years of Solitude,…
Literature
Updike & Down Gorge
Let’s face it, we love this materialism we’re wrapped up into: the word has given ‘imitation’ a new meaning, allowing it to acquire additional shades…
Literature
Nothing is Ever Really Lost
Eudora Welty’s life and work share a fascination with memory and time. “Of course the greatest confluence of all,” Welty writes in her memoir One…
Literature
An Extraordinary Life
Soumitra Dasgupta pays tribute to Khushwant Singh
Culture
Raiza
Elaine Rosenberg Miller’s true account of her encounter with a Holocaust survivor
Culture
Monks On Cell Phones & The Real Thailand
Paul W. Jacob discusses his observations from the real Thailand.
Culture
Palestine: 70 AD
Cheriyan Alexander takes us through the events that took place in Palestine in 70 AD, and how they changed the world history.
Philosophy
Psychotherapy and Counselling: Pseudo-Science or Pseudo-Myth?
In this article Dr Peter Tyler reviews how psychology takes its understanding from its conception of psyche, especially in the relationship between mind and body. Drawing on the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 – 1951), he argues that it is more fruitful to see psychology as a means of ‘seeing the foundation of possible buildings’ rather than appealing to the pseudo-objectivity of science.
Literature
The Desire of the Hysteric
Tanuj Solanki attempts a psychoanalytic reading of Roberto Bolano’s Amulet.
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Lakshmi Gopal studies Ambedkar’s legacy in the light of The Annihilation of Caste
Cinema
A Look into The Lunchbox
Trisha Chatterjee reflects on her viewing of Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox
Literature
The Golden Treasury
Robert Boucheron takes the reader down memory lane to another peek into the trove of poetry, The Golden Treasury
Literature
In His Footsteps
Maitreyee B. Choudhury reflects on Banaphool’s craft of storytelling