Browsing Archive January, 2016
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Is the process of arranged marriage in South Asia a series of concealed psychological torture?
It was that call from Neetu that brought this piece of writing to my mind, she called to ask for a decent saree for a special occasion. She ...
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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s collection of stories ‘The Adivasi will not Dance’ is an Indictment of the Politics of Development
The Adivasi Will Not Dance (stories), Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, pp.189, Rs. 399, Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd, 2015. According to the Anthropological Survey of India, there are about ...
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The Need for a Consensus on Resolving the ISIS Crisis in the Middle East
The ISIS is a barbarian terror outfit that has wreaked much havoc in the Middle East and has been responsible for various terrorist attacks in Europe, the United ...
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Why It May be Too Early to Write Off the Chinese Economic Growth Story
The economic slowdown in China is certainly a matter of great concern for global investors, and the Chinese people themselves. The Chinese economic experiment has been a bold ...
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Politics 1
Mutant Mosquitoes to the Rescue?
With the spectacular success of the odd-even formula introduced by the AAP government in Delhi, one is forced to ponder upon other such initiatives proposed by the ruling ...
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Politics
Some Lessons to Take Forward following the Death of Rohith Vemula
‘Let’s see who wins in the end- you or me. I’ll destroy brahminism, I certainly will. My only sorrow is that there’s no brahminism really left to destroy ...
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The Unsung Histories of the Beatchicks
Our identities exist in a dialectical relationship with history, where identities both shape and result from history. At a superficial level, this may seem like fact, but when ...
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Gendered Analysis of the Movie ‘Devdas’
Devdas is a landmark 20th century tragic romantic Indian novella by revolutionary Bengali novelist, realist fiction writer Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. In the nine decades, since its publication in 1917, ...
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Observing the 26th Anniversary of the Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits
Coming from a family of partition refugees, I know that the pain of homelessness is not easy. To be forcibly evicted from the place you were born and ...
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Culture 2
Star Wars: Feminism Awakens?
It is the year 2016, and most big-budget action films still pander to a primarily male target audience, lack powerful female characters and a balanced female representation. Wonder ...
