संस्कृति
January 8, 2016
January 8, 2016
Graphic Courtesy: The Hindu
महान सभ्यताएं महान लोगो से बनती हैं। भारत शुरू से ही महान लोगो की भूमि रहा है। यहां महामानव पग-पग पर मिलते हैं, लेकिन साधारण आदमी खोजना बड़ा मुश्किल होता है। जहां के लोग इतने महान होंगे, वह सभ्यता भला महानतम कैसे नहीं होगी! सुबह उठते ही मन एक दिव्य गर्व की अनुभूति से भर जाता है। इस पावन भूमि के चप्पे-चप्पे पर हमारे पूर्वजों की महानता के अनगिनत चिन्ह बिखरे...
December 31, 2015
‘The Freedom Theatre’ troupe from Jenin refugee camp of Palestine and Jana Natya Manch of Delhi have hit the road with ‘FREEDOM JATHA’, as they call their joint tour of 11 Indian cities this winter. They enthralled Lucknow (18-19 Dec) and Bhopal (20-21 Dec) with amazing performances. See, attached, a picture from a performance in Bhopal and also the tour itinerary. Their...
December 30, 2015
The origin of the Sarva Bhasha Samvad lay in understanding the situation of the country and an attempt to reaffirm faith in the principles of diversity, plurality and integrity. Writers, Artists and Activists from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa undertook a Dakshinayan sojourn in the last week of November 2015. They visited the bereaved families of the Late Dr. Narendra Dabholkar,...
December 23, 2015
Chronicles of Silence (Khamoshi ki Daastan)
Solo show by BV Suresh
Curated by Pushpamala N
Vadehra Art Gallery is proud to present the exhibition Chronicles of Silence (Khamoshi ki Daastan) by artist BV Suresh at D-53 Defence Colony. Chronicles of Silence (Khamoshi ki Daastan) is an intermedia installation by BV Suresh curated by Pushpamala N, a well known artist herself...
December 19, 2015
Shivaji, valorised in Maharashtrian folklore as a riyasaton ka raja (the king of the smaller kingdoms/landholdings) has in turn been dismissed by contemporary historians and ‘captured’ by the extreme Hindutvawaadi (politically supremacist) right who would obscure the caste dimensions of his rise to power and especially, his coronation.
Within Maharashtra, however renowned...
December 17, 2015
Jana-Nudi was initiated three years ago by a small group called Abhimata. This group Abhimata consists of similar thinking young political beings hailing from coastal Karnataka which apart from being known for its high educational rate and industries has been deeply troubled because of increased communalisation and because of the violence of the so called development.
One of the finest...
December 12, 2015
Published on: December 12, 2015
प्राचीन मान्यता है, राजा ईश्वर का रूप होता है। आधुनिक मान्यता है, जनता जिसे चुनती है राजा वही होता है, भले ही वह खुद को सेवक क्यों ना बताये। राजा चाहे राजतांत्रिक तरीके से बना हो या फिर जनतांत्रिक तरीके से, भक्त हर युग में उसे भगवान साबित करने पर तुले रहते हैं। लेकिन किसी के साबित करने से राजा कभी भगवान नहीं बन पाता है बल्कि इसके लिए उसे वास्तव में ईश्वरीय...