On this day, a conversation from the archives which is more relevant than ever. Prominent Gandhian scholar Tridip Suhrud explains Gandhi's political economy for our contemporary times. https://t.co/pk2crYC83R
#GandhiJayanti
This #IndependenceDay, we celebrate the many voices of the nation by bringing together writers from roughly five different regions of the country to share their thoughts on the historical and contemporary ideas emerging in each of these literary spaces.
and Harekrishna Deka, who reflects on the many phases in Assamese literature, as writers try to balance between aesthetics and social needs.
Read the essays here: https://t.co/7XzSSLW4U6
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"It feels normal for a person who just watches news channels... But for years, Kashmiris have had to prepare themselves with rations because any day a curfew could be announced" #Article370#Kashmir https://t.co/swqVQoYbWL
@Ahmermusic
In a first, we bring together writers and poets representing roughly five different regions of the country - Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Volga, @saubhikdesarkar, Harekrishna Deka, Udaya Narayana Singh, and Mangalesh Dabral - to take us through the histories and contemporary movements
With philosopher Adrian Navigante and his dossier on our Renaissance Person, late Alain Daniélou, our Lilaight of the season truly building a new world, Loka, and subversive artist @aquithami, we look to the ways in which these ideas are being put to practice
https://t.co/XaLIbG2pYy Is the most significant function of human intellect at this time, to frantically try and create a ‘new world order’ or to find a less aggressive way to cope and create with chaos? The latest issue of Inter-Actions themed #intellect out now!
https://t.co/iSObEzp1Aj Scholar Harikrishna Sasikumar takes us back to the history of the Dalit struggle to highlight how some of its most critical moments of reflection and transformation have taken place in the intimate, private spaces of the home. #DalitLivesMatter
https://t.co/Wk5QxNbHYJ "perhaps the most important player in an #archive is the individual creator of a record..." What are able to collectively "imagine, record and curate" will determine what humanity will learn from this pandemic. From science writer @vns2#WednesdayThoughts
https://t.co/64twt57af5 On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we go back to our conversation with @drvandanashiva about the possibilities of successfully responding to the imminent environmental crisis when a singular notion of growth has taken precedence and clouds most policy interventions
Over the last few months, the public space has gone from being a space of assertions and solidarity to desertion and hunger. The violence and lathis, however, remain constant. A perceptive Leelatoon by @unnycartoonist for our latest edition themed PUBLIC.
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From how to communicate through disagreements to the way to decentralise our governance structures, ex-IAS Officer @naukarshah shares what it will take to strengthen India’s democracy
Read here: https://t.co/NtzgJLbuBJ
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"...a large section of the population believes that a strong leader and centralisation of everything is what India requires...They don’t understand the contradictions between... being empowered themselves vs giving all the power to a strong dictator..."