The Dalit scholar’s act will be imprinted in the minds of those that rule through the creation and perpetration of velivadas, and those of anti-caste resisters everywhere. The refusal of Velpula Sunkanna, a student of the University of Hyderabad (UoH), to accept his PhD degree from the Vice Chancellor PodileContinue Reading
India, the land of Mahatma Gandhi, ranks 141 among 163 nations in the Global Peace Index October 2 is the birth anniversary of GandhiContinue Reading
India has more than 300 million cattle – a third of the world’s bovine populationContinue Reading
I have tried to capture in my paintings what her presence meant to the destitute and the dying, the light and hope she brought by mere inquiry, by putting her hand over a child abandoned in the street… That is why I try it again and again, after a gapContinue Reading
Virtue stings the hearts of all: in some it provokes adoration and in some it provokes a sour Newtonian rejection. When faced with extreme goodness, some feel the need to find fault so as to distract others and themselves from their own imperfection. An event like a canonisation provides anContinue Reading
After watching the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on TV on Sept. 4, I don’t know whether to yawn with ennui, or bang my fists with angst. I was not particularly enthused about Mother Teresa being declared a Saint, as I believed that,her human shortcomings notwithstanding, she was always aContinue Reading
I remember Mother Teresa insisting with me once in Kolkata airport to give me a lift to the religious house in the city where I would be staying the night. We had just reached from Mumbai by a delayed flight and it was well past midnight. I assured her thatContinue Reading
September 5 is also Teacher’s Day in IndiaContinue Reading
Saints can be signs of contradictionContinue Reading
Since Mamata Banerjee says she will not attend Mother Teresa’s September 4 canonisation in Rome as part of India’s official delegation but as a guest of the Missionaries of Charity and will sit with them, presumably she will also dress like them. Actually, West Bengal’s chief minister is no strangerContinue Reading
