By Devi Rajab Three Strong Women Sita Gandhi, Sushila Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi Diwali is a time when the often forgotten story of Rama and
Month: October 2016
Brian Senewiratne’s ‘Sexual Violence Against Tamils In Sri Lanka’
By Charles Ponnuthurai Sarvan I’ve never met the author (hereafter sometimes referred to as BS), a medical doctor long settled in Australia, but have
Sheema Kermani, dancer, activist and advocate of Indo-Pak peace
By Reginald Massey In a free society such as Britain it is unthinkable that anyone would voice an outrageous opinion such as “Dance is un-Islamic
In conversation with Tom Alter
by Chaand Chazelle Tom Alter is a fine, versatile and well known actor and a familiar presence in the Bombay film industry. Any film which requires
Jayalalithaa; Amma (The Matriarch)
A special report from our Chennai correspondent Innamburan “Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.”
Mea Culpa: Why sorry doesn’t seem to be the hardest word
By Dawood Ali McCallum “That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility.” “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.”
Romance at Bookstore
By Subhash Chandra I was on a nine-month fellowship from University of Toronto to complete my Ph.D. I worked hard from 9 am to 5
I CAN’T/WON’T WRITE LIKE A WHITE MALE POET
By Usha Akella Hold up the onion skin of your poetry to the light, You are nothing, A drum roll, With no procession. What is
Two poems: Demolishing Myths and Mists of time by Ananya Guha
Demolishing Myths I read an article about Western brigands author says the machinating western world in connivance with the corporate is also terrorising, brigands and