Tag: india
Doklam Tension to Finally Recede?
The tension between India and China to likely to end soon as they arrive at consensus over the Doklam issue. Does this mean the...
Climate Change:Wake up before its Late
Humans have resorted to unsustainable life patterns across the globe and this has culminated in unprecedented threats and possibilities of a global disaster- while treaties and agreements on climate change continue to be signed not much has changed radically. What is the way forward for our planet Earth?
Can the Subaltern Really Speak?
Language is not just a medium of communication rather language is the symbol of power and cultural hegemony- it is through language that communities reign, defeat and diminish other communities and thus language becomes a major political tool in the process of nation building. It is time we questioned the hegemony of languages and developed a truly cosmopolitan approach for addressing this issue. How realistic are our claims towards the implementation of the three language formula?
What did the world eat this morning?
Apart from offering a variety of tastes and a multi-dimensional choice to people the diverse breakfasts that people have around the globe remind us how we must be cosmopolitan, open-minded and mentally agile in the way that we approach the issues of difference, diversity and cultural exchange.
India: Helpless, Unprepared and Unequipped even after seventy years of independence
As we discover and rediscover the ruins of an existence that is unsustainable, inequitable and poor we are compelled to ask why death tolls are not just mere statistics and how compensations cannot be our solemn response to tragedy.
WONDER : IS IT WHAT WE CALL SOCIAL EVOLUTION, PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONALISM? IS...
IS IT WHAT WE CALL SOCIAL EVOLUTION, PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONALISM? IS IT WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO IMITATE?
Not just a Matter of Ragas: indigenous music in the hands of globalisation
Hybrid culture and fusion art are fast becoming the much experimented aesthetic canvas but are we doing enough to sustain indigenous art forms or are...
Multiculturalism: Myth or Reality
In times marked by the wave of intolerance and violence, what do the ethos of multiculturalism and shared communities stand for? Are our urban...
India and its Relationship with the ‘Holy Cow’ and its ‘Unholy’ treatment
In recent times violence in the name of the ‘holy cow’ on the rise but does it really alter the perceptions we hold about...
Rythm and Ruins: the Beatles in India
GLIMPSES : The Mahesh Yogi Ashram in Rishikesh where the legendary Beatles Band once visited and composed many of their popular songs now stands in ruins. Is it only the end of a once lively space known for its transcendental meditation or does it also signify the death of a magical era in music?
