Author Archive: Infoeditor
V for Vendetta
“Make me of use, at least” she said, her words punctuated with tears. “We need to be useful to someone, or it is far better to die,” she said, her tears punctuated with words. “I am not much better than this,” she held the paperweight in her hands. “This is much better than me. You […]
The Kite Runner: Plotting an Afghan Narrative
For Aristotle ‘catharsis’ was the aim of entertainers. We make thrillers in the way Shakespeare did comedies, tragedies and tragi-comedies to create so much catharsis as to make us shed our emotional tensions through tears, as to make us laugh our problems out and as to fix our buttocks on the edge of our seats […]
‘Headscarves’ turn women jobless
Reports have started to pour in indicating that Muslim women face second grade treatments due to headscarves. Whether it be forbidding entry to schools, collegesand job interviews or physical and psychological abuses at work places, on the streets or at home, Muslim women in headscarves are having a tough time. A survey whether Muslim women […]
Beyond Taste: Sufi Cuisine and Dining
Contents • Taste Extended Arms Served: Sufi Revelations of Dining by Asghar Ali • Spiritual Rumi-nations for cooks and diners by shameer • Cook and Know thy Lord: Bulend Rauf’s notice to cooks Taste Extended Arms Served: Sufi Revelations of Dining ~ Asgar Ali Good food and drinks have always attracted man and he has readily […]
What is Eating Our Frames?
What happens when we watch food on screen? There may not be a unanimous feedback to this question, as eating and watching movies are deeply related to our varying subjective moods. But Maharshi Bhasa, the ancient theatre theorist from India, has said to the effect that food and sex need only be alluded on stage. […]
Capturing the Spirit of Ramadan
Islamic art can’t remain aloof from political concerns all around, as art comes to terms with the identity of Muslims constructed the world over. Ahmad Abull Hafeeth Mesleh’s camera clicked a rare moment in the occupied Qudus on 17th August this year. People stand in queue but they are invisible and blurred the symbol of […]
Women and Cuisine: A Palestinian Saga
Food is the motivation for love and hence, it unites people. It forms us into a community, nurturing in us the consciousness of being together. In grim situations, it gels us against all odds. The life of Palestinians under the Israeli occupation is one of the worst in history. Their bitter stories that have been […]
Beverage Which Fought Its Way Out!
Coffee unlike most other beverages is meant to keep you awake; it acts rather like a tonic or energy drink enhancing the performance of an intellectual as well as a workaholic. Unlike wine and other beverages, it doesn’t have those heavenly features to take you to a state of hallucination; instead, they say,it only stimulates […]
When Fantasies Went Wild..
When she dialed me for an appointment, she just mentioned: ‘A simple solution to a simple problem.’ The case is someone whom she loves as her brother surrogate (Her cousin, whom she considers in lieu of her brother who died long back). When the conversation ended, I smiled. No problem is as simple as it […]
Food, Tradition and Religious Other
“I love food. I enjoy eating out. Even more, I love preparing food and sharing it with others. Many of my fondest memories and formative experiences are associated with meals …………….. I have been fortunate enough to grow up and live in committed, supportive Jewish communities, and many of my meals have taken place within […]
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