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Batman’s Shots: The Larger Violence
Slavoj Zizek has said to the effect that when the twin towers in the US were bombed, those whose window into the outside world were only television and game consoles thought that the towers were falling on screen and the bombing was orchestrated not by the dreaded Al Qaeda but at one of the state-of-the-art […]
Eat Your Cake; Count Earth Holes Too
As regards eating, there is a proverb in Kerala: Eat your cake, don’t count the earth holes. It means that one need not ponder over the history or other exterior information of what one is eating, but to eat and eat. A gourmet’s advice for self-indulgence? No there is something beyond that. There are some […]
Sing; you have to sink the world
“Who are we? Lovers and poets, Pearl divers and seekers Black sheeps of the immaculate white spiral We are the magicians of earth Transforming the universe As we transform ourselves Our inner revolution Will lead to the universal liberation We smoke the peace pipe But we rage from the inside This is our scream of […]
Why The Mozart Of Madras Does Not Fit Into The Savarna, Elitist Polemics
In article written as review of AR Rahman’s theme of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Sadanand Menon unleashed an avalanche of criticism against the music maestro. A year earlier he had compared the Mozart of Madars with Ilayaraja, saying how greater musician the latter is than the former. Sadanand wrote: ‘While the similarities between the two […]
Marcel Khalife: Oud, Darvish and Revolt
Mahmoud Darwish was an inspiration for many, especially among peace workers and human rights activists all over the world. Through his simple but highly powerful poems, the Palestinian writer attracted millions of people and persuaded them to line up against the Israel occupation. Many revolutionary movements, especially the musical groups used Dervish’s verses and words […]
Blogging Lives in Madrassa
I joined the madarssa in 1997 and finished my studies in 2007. For the reason that my Alma mater is not characteristically different from all other institutions of the same ilk, I would not like to mention any name, thereby proving that I am not pursuing any personal vendetta. Three days after I started learning […]
Blogging Lives in Madrassa
From the clutches of a madrassa. – Anonymous I joined the madarssa in 1997 and finished my studies in 2007. For the reason that my Alma mater is not characteristically different from all other institutions of the same ilk, I would not like to mention any name, thereby proving that I am not pursuing any […]
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