“Whither do we go from here”, asked Jawaharlal Nehru, on the eve of India’s freedom, and answered that the nation needed to “create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.” It is that idea of India that is now hijacked and perverted by a […]
Part 1 : https://tamizhini.in/2018/11/14/the-ba-in-the-bapu-kannan-t/ (5) Manilal, the second son of Gandhi and Kasturba, also had a strenuous apprenticeship under his father. More than Harilal, it was Manilal, who had often been at the receiving end of Gandhi’s experiments. Harilal was away from Gandhi for long periods during his formative years. But Manilal spent a good […]
Inkan, Gongkan, Sikan Grigo Inkan (Human, Space, Time and Human 2018) That’s a warship, sailing through a calm and serene sea breeze, brimming with all classes of people only denoting the miniaturized version of our planet, the earth. There is a right-hearted couple, a young, yet to mature bunch of people, a future prime politician […]
The following poems are included in this collection: Color-Changing Rose One-Act Play The ‘Method’ to Kill Yet Another Definition of Art Nick Bottom Color-Changing Rose Color-changing rose he is Chameleon of the first order He’s not what he seems to be But almost always something else Master in the game of guise He masquerades with […]
Question: We know sex as an inescapable physical and psychological necessity and it seems to be a root cause of chaos in the personal life of our generation. How can we deal with this problem? Krishnamurti: Why is it that whatever we touch we turn into a problem? We have made God a problem, we […]
The biggest conundrum with regard to the teachings of Buddha is the idea of non self, anata. It poses an insurmountable challenge for an ordinary mind to understand what it means in its truest sense, as it were perceived by the Buddha after his awakening. What is meant by ordinary mind here is an unprocessed […]
16th Chennai International Film Festival has commenced on 13th December, 2018. The film schedule looks fleeky and is opinionated to be the best list thus far. 70% of the films screened in IFFK and to be screened in CIFF are deliberately borrowed from the choices opted by IFFI Goan committee. I was blessed enough to […]
This essay contains the following sections: What this essay is about What is theater, and the focus of this essay Art vs. artistic: a linguistic consideration If theater is approached as entertainment If theater is approached as art A historical perspective of patronage Notes What this essay is about In this essay, I am going to talk […]
Introduction The five basic elements – known as Pancamahabhutas – have their own history in the Indian (both Hindu and Buddhist) literature. They are discussed in different philosophical systems, interpreted thematically in different contexts such as religion, aesthetics, ecology, astrology etc. The basic concept implied here is harmony, interconnections between Religion, philosophy and medicine. Here […]
He had brought along his wife, for he said that it was their mutual problem. She had bright eyes and was small, sprightly, and rather disturbed. They were simple, friendly people; he spoke English fairly well, and she could just manage to understand it and ask simple questions. When it got a little difficult, she […]
IFFI Goa 2018 commences on 20th November and Israel will be the country of Focus for this year. I went through the titles listed in ‘Country Focus’ section and neither the titles nor the name of the directors rang a bell. One good thing about Goa film festival is, most probably, the films that are […]
(1) Gandhi’s relationship with various women associates from Mira Behn to Manu Gandhi has become a major talking point of biographies, novels, gossips and take-downs. Gandhi’s brief relationship with Saraladevi Chaudhurani is pitched as a major selling point for new biographies on Gandhi. But his most remarkable relationship with a woman has probably drawn the […]