Culture
Karen’s Print
This non-fiction essay is an experience from Bob Tomolillo’s days at Piet Clement’s Printshop in Amsterdam.
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Non-Fiction
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Literature
Writers & “Truth Regimes”
Cheriyan Alexander writes about intolerant regimes that hound writers/artists from time to time and on the role of scriptures in the history of religious intolerance.
Literature
Camus’ Centenary: The Algerian Question
Part of series on Albert Camus, coinciding with his birth centenary celebrations.
Literature
Alice Munro: In the Footsteps of Chekhov
Arul Gaspar studies the works of 2013 Nobel prize winning writer, Alice Munro, in relation to the works of master storyteller, Anton Chekhov.
Literature
Camus’ Centenary: The Eternal Rebel
Part of series on Albert Camus, coinciding with his birth centenary celebrations.
Cinema
Malegaon Ka Superman
Prashant Parvatneni and Sezel Lalwani explore the influence of socially relevant film projects such as Malegaon Ka Superman
Literature
Bearing Witness to History: Czeslaw Milosz
Cheriyan Alexander writes on East-European poetry, with focus on Czeslaw Milosz and Vasko Popa.
Philosophy
The Future of Philosophy – II
In the final of a two-part series, Lakshmi Gopal gives us a view of the future of philosophy through her experience of the World Congress of Philosophy 2013, held in Athens.
Culture
Postcard from BLF
Suhail Rasheed records his feelings on visiting the Bangalore Literature Festival 2013.
Philosophy
The Future of Philosophy – I
In the first of a two-part series, Lakshmi Gopal gives us a view of the future of philosophy through her experience of the World Congress of Philosophy 2013, held in Athens.
Literature
Why Maya Angelou
Arul Gaspar elucidates on Maya Angelou and her writing
Literature
Shakespeare of Rajasthan
Mohit Parikh throws light on the works of Vijaydan Detha, also known as the Shakespeare of Rajasthan.
Literature
The Wrong Kind of Dogs
Manjiri Indurkar reflects upon her reading of Adil Jussawala’s latest collection, The Right Kind of Dog
Cinema
12 Very Angry Men
Suhail Rasheed goes back to his experience of watching 12 Angry Men and shares some of his thoughts on why it is one of the greatest movies ever made.
Literature
The Limitless Instant
Lakshmi Gopal explores the language, philosophy and genius of noted Malayalam writer, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Literature
An Appreciation of "The Raven"
Abhirup Bangara reads through the meanings of Edgar Allan Poe’s tragic and supernatural poem, The Raven.
Literature
Proust and Art
Sudeep Reguna discusses the interpretation of art as seen through Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time”
Literature
James Joyce’s Bildungsroman
Arvind Radhakrishnan looks into “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”, the novel that changed him, “perhaps forever”
Music
Amir Khusro & His Influence on Indian Classical Music
Abhik Majumdar studies the influence the 14th century mystic had on Indian Classical Music, some of which have stood the test of time.
Culture
Living before Everything else
Suhail Rasheed writes about his experience at a barber shop in Kerala
Philosophy
A Landscape without Windows
Sushma Murthy studies the representation of feminism in language and translations, through the works of Nicole Brossard
Philosophy
Philosophy and the Persecution of Equality
Lakshmi Gopal throws light on the persecution philosophers throughout time have undergone over the ideas of equality that they propounded.
Literature
Flaubert and the Craft of the Novel
Arvind Radhakrishnan explores the craft of writing through his observations of Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary.
Literature
Lessons of the Masters
Sudeep Reguna studies the works of two great writers in his pursuit to understand a society and its culture.