Arts & Letters
Who’s Laughing Now?
Michael Edison Hayden
Personal liberty is an undervalued commodity; we often do not appreciate it until we find someone has taken it away
No More Goddesses, Please. Bring in the Sluts
The ‘Abused Goddesses’ ad campaign on domestic violence is appalling and terrifying. By deifying women, it strips them of individuality, sexuality and power
City of Perpetual Wait
The generation that grew up in Patna’s years of anarchy understood the wisdom of waiting and it has remained with them
Wilful Ignorance
Urdu originated as a mix of several languages spoken during the Sultanate era in Delhi. Those who reject the language now are rejecting their own legacy
Coming Out in Celluloid
An account of how a dark Delhi short story written with great personal investment was reincarnated and brought to life in cinema
Tango’s First Steps
How the Great Depression, Juan Peron and the brothels of Argentina influenced the creation of one of the world’s most vibrant forms of music
The Crumbling Ground
Ananya Vajpeyi’s book Righteous Republic is a reminder of the moral quest that set the tone of the freedom movement, of leaders whose lifelong aim was to deny violence legitimacy. Sadly, our political parties have seceded from this moral realm
We Are Blind to Beauty
What the lack of interest in a spectacular show on Tagore tells us about India’s art brigade
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