Category: Rhythm Indiana
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WITH BIRESWAR BHATTACHARJEE & SHAMBHAVI SINGH
WITH BIRESWAR BHATTACHARJEE & SHAMBHAVI SINGH Among the many plays Bhikari Thakur wrote, ‘Putrabadh’ or ‘Murder of a Son’ and ‘Bidesiya’ or ‘Foreigner’ act as epics that help deal with the dilemma of migration. One might find fault in the cultivation of the two cash crops – indigo and poppy that resulted in the recurring famines…
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The mango flavour.
It was the alumni weekend at manipal I met a friend who had done her engineering from KREC and currently resides abroad. She was appreciating how focused her class fellows had become. She was impressed that they were planning their kid’s studies undergraduate at that abroad, albeit with one person it was Ireland. No offense…
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Issue challenged,
It is politically incorrect to say, “Mentally retarded” we say “mentally challenged” like I am vertically and horizontally challenged, TOI is issue challenged, or is very picky about it readers… This morning I did something which I rarely do, that reading the TOI I am amazed at the mundane matters that it perceives newsworthy! When…
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Tale of the brothers– ramakatha
Ramakatha. North Indian houses, believe that Ramayana should be read in the house, as it is a tale of brothers bonding but not Mahabharata. Ramayana is indeed a tale of brothers, Ravana–Kubera Ravana-Kumbhakarana Ravana- vibhishana Vali – sugriva Jatayu-Sampati Rama–Lakshmana Rama-Bharat. Somewhere in this annals poor shatrughna stays forgotten. The Ramayana of uttarkhand talks of…
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about Nationalism
Modi talks about being a Hindu Nationalist, logic being he is a nationalist yet a practising Hindu. Let’s not discuss about who is a Hindu. Digvijaya says he should say Indian Nationalist. Digvijay is of course known to suffer from Footinthemouth disease though of milder degree than Ms.Jaya Bacchan. We talk of religion and the…
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