Literary giant: Germaine Greer will be appearing at artsdepot on Wednesday, May 4 Not many academics can boast a photo shoot in Vogue magazine, or claim to have appeared on a hit reality TV series. But then Professor Germaine Greer is no ordinary professor. She has a literary back catalogue the size of a small library, a Phd from Cambridge (in Shakespeare s comedies) and a professorship at Warwick University. But it still feels like she has something to prove. Greer comes to artsdepot on Wednesday next week for an evening of debate and discussion. If any other personality was concerned, a profile interview would be published ahead of the event. However, Greer does not give press interviews. She only speaks on radio and TV because she is afraid of being misquoted.
Indian Muslims need to revive quest for dignity as did Sir Syed
By News Desk| Updated: 22nd December 2020 8:18 pm IST
Hasan Ghias
Sir Syed’s prismatic persona refracts the story of a single life into multiple hues of a rainbow arching above a horizon that was blood-red at one end and seemed pitch-dark at the other. More multifaceted than most other Muslim inhabitants of India, ever before or ever since, Syed Ahmad’s life was deeply imbued with thought, passion and action. Deciphering and interpreting such a life is a challenge of gargantuan dimensions, which this essay can only feebly attempt. As we traverse the memorable milestones in his journey, we begin to see that one common theme runs through his entire life. All that he stood and strived for, with such amazing endurance, patience and steadfastness, was to restore the dignity of his