Ananya Student at Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts The politics of the body is perhaps the most immediate and intimate form of taming enacted upon the individual. Various forces exert great control over what you do with your body, what your body is allowed to become, and how your body…
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Violence of Gandhi : Rajneesh Osho on Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi
(Book – From Personality to Individuality : Chapter 5 The Odyssey of Aloneness.) Mahatma Gandhi was the uncrowned king of India for the simple reason that he was able to torture himself more than anybody else could for any small reason he would go on fast unto death. Every fast…
Dissecting the Communal: An informal talk with the filmmaker Nakul Singh Sawhney
Pradeep Pillai On the 4th of February, Cinema of Resistance (Mumbai Chapter) organized an informal talk with Nakul Singh Sawhney, director of Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai on the challenges of making a documentary film on communal violence. The event saw a sizeable number of students attend and engage the director with…
Sunil Yadav vs BMC: Degrees of Safai Karamchari-A case of Big Boot
You have become too big for your boots now’ said the builder to me. This was probably the first time in my life that I came to face the harsh realities of the caste system.
Film Review: Qissa- The tale of lonely ghost
Qissa is a fable that centres on the human dimension of the drawing of borders. The film is a lingering view on the disruptive consequences of the change of borders and on the reciprocal side of identity.
Idea of a City: Mumbai, Baltimore
The peasants of the country and the government authorities of Mumbai wait for one thing, which has eventually arrived: Monsoon. On one hand, it is the hope of production and on the other it is about destruction and demolition. There has been history of demolition with monsoon in Mumbai. The authorities…