Speaking Volumes: Countries of the Blind
(Published on Tuesday, 29 January, 2013; over the next few days, censorship was back in the news, with both Viswaroopam and Salman Rushdie at the receiving end of various kinds […]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
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Speaking Volumes: Rooms With Views
(Published in the Business Standard, January 22, 2013) Say the word “feminist” in India, and pick your way carefully between two abysses. One is an old confusion about the meaning […]
Lost and found
(Disclaimer: I am not a poet and don’t write poems. This was an accident from 2006; Peter Griffin reminded me yesterday of its existence. It does not scan, and it […]
Speaking Volumes: The Istanbul Conundrum
(Published in the Business Standard, January 15, 2013) When Turkey allowed several thousands of books to move off the banned list earlier this week, you might have expected anti-censorship activists […]
Speaking Volumes: A woman alone in the forest
(Published in the Business Standard, 8th January 2013) In times of trouble, turning to the great epics is always useful: their ancient bloodstained lines are reminders that we do not […]
Warning: contains sex, violence and Honey Singh
(If you’re offended by explicit language and lyrics, please don’t read further. Thanks.) If there’s one principle Honey Singh illustrates, it’s the impossibility of having a nuanced argument on Twitter, […]
