Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Tag: CULTURE

Several walls on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus were defaced with anti-Brahmin slogan/ Photo Credit: MoneyControl

Caste, Religion and Our Classrooms

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When stereotypes based on one’s caste and religious identities, and resultant symbolic violence disrupt our classrooms, we lose the spirit of emancipatory education.
A screenshot from the film Pyaasa (1957) had many iconic songs.

Philosophical Songs of Hindi Cinema

The article walks us through some of the popular songs from Indian cinema where the lyrics convey deep and profound messages

Searching Beyond the Duality of Success and Failure: A Quest for Inner Fulfilment

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In the age of hyper-competition, a young mind seeks to go beyond the duality of success and failure and look for inner fulfilment.

Ghar Kunda: Experiencing a Ritual Age Old Yet Infused with Unlimited Ethnographic Wonder

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Celebrations are infused with the flavours of a local culture, here is a photo essay on how Diwali is celebrated in a remote village of Jharkhand.

A Feminist Perspective on the Gendered Character of a Cultural Text

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A young boy from Kerala made a painting that highlights the myriad tasks that women perform and which mostly go unrecognised and unacknowledged.

How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture

The following article takes us deep into the story of a soviet miner from 1930s who played an important role in defining today's corporate culture. But how?
Image for representation only./Source:Pixabay

The Configuration of Sensation: Paul Cézanne’s Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art

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New York’s Museum of Modern Art is currently presenting an exhibition devoted to an in-depth review of Paul Cézanne’s drawings.

The Lasting Significance of David Hume

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The pandemic, which has taken over three million lives and continues to ravage parts of the world; the rise of Trumpism, culminating in the...

The Pandemic, an Unfair Evaluation System and What Plagues our Educational Institutions

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The teaching-learning community is among the worst affected sections amid the pandemic, what adds to their woes is an often indifferent evaluation and assessment system. Isn't it high time we redefine education to be more sensitive and in tune with the needs of the learning community?
Here is a radical thinker influenced by Buddhism speaking of love - its ability to create a new culture free from the principle of domination.

Reflecting on Why ‘Love is the Ground of Our Being’ this Valentine’s Day

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This Valentine's Day let us reflect on the ideas produced by Bell Hooks- a radical thinker influenced by Buddhism speaking of love - its ability to create a new culture free from the principle of domination.

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