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"The complete lack of any clarity about this timeline of redevelopment has left us dismayed about how to plan for research in the coming years and guide our students accordingly."
Dhirubhai L Sheth (1936-2021): An outstanding Indian thoughter
His was an original mind, desi in its insight but not nativist in its articulation. Dhirubhai L Sheth.
The best way to describe Dhirubhai L Sheth’s unique understanding of India is with an anecdote. On hearing of his passing away, on the morning of May 7, sociologist Chandan Gowda sent me this reminiscence. At the end of a hard-working day at the University of Chicago, Dhirubhai (who was visiting), cultural critic DR Nagaraj and Chandan Gowda sat down to talk. Someone raised the issue of the difficulty of understanding exactly when India became modern and, hoping for clarity, turned to Dhirubhai. Pat came his reply: “India began with the post-modern.”
‘Avasthe’: UR Ananthamurthy’s novel interrogates politics for its relationship with love and life
Unfortunately, this English version is more of a novel-sized rendition of the novel than a living, breathing translation. UR Ananthamurthy
In all his fiction, UR Ananthamurthy does more than narrate a story; he interrogates it. In his hands, the story must speculate on its own tale, search for meaning, and teem with ideas. Accordingly, while the plot of his novel
Avasthe concerns itself with the life and times of the political leader Krishnappa Gowda, its pith lies in the questions it asks through the protagonist’s life.
Bangalore Literature Festival wears a mask
Bangalore Literature Festival this year is both online and offline, giving you the choice to be or not to be there. December 12, 2020 / 07:23 AM IST
In these times of fledgling hope – generated by the word ‘vaccine’ – perhaps it is natural to dream that life may just go back to where we left it in March. Every city, reeling under the utter overhaul of interactions, has been walking a new tightrope in recent times – that of the masses thronging the malls with masks around the neck and rising COVID casualties. How does one remain safe and yet social, stay alive and feel alive? If the virus won’t skip town, can we grab our land back?