If is often said that Tagore was anti-Gandhi and non-patriotic. Who hasn’t received spam mails on the Jana Gana Mana controversy? Well, if Tagore was non-patriotic, he would have never returned his knighthood. Let’s understand how and where, Tagore differed from Gandhi. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Tagore and Gandhi
Posted in Culture, Economy, Philosophy
Indians that are too ‘cool’ for school
Hope of having a free and liberal society has turned into cynicism, while a cool generation (of mean, selfish, bitchy, reckless, vulgar, obnoxious and profane dudes and divas) awakens! Read my latest article on the NRI.
Democracy, liberty, culture, literature
The oldest available copy of Chanakya’s Arthashastra, written in 4th century BC, preserved at Mysore’s Oriental Research Institute (ORI) is peeling off. This manuscript is 450 years old. There is not even a proper locker to keep it safe. Predating Machiavelli by about 1,800 years, well, Chanakya is the righteous father of political science, and this is the state of his work? About 60,000 other manuscripts at ORI have escaped two fires at the institute. The chambers are not fireproofed yet. Continue reading
Ramayana and politics
A K Ramanujan’s essay, which was a part of the UG course in history at DU was removed. Well, Ramayana is told differently in every village of India. Does it make our belief system any weaker? Read my latest article on the NRI.
Remembering Kishore da
24 years ago, on this very day, Kishore da passed away. He was only 58 years old. His songs are a living testament of the legend that he was. Kishore da sang in Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya and many other languages. According to Pancham da- nobody could beat Kishoe da in his versatility. Here is a list of my favourite Bengali songs by Kishore da, in no particular order- Continue reading
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