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Mothers and Lovers in Tamil Cinema

(Painting: Courtesy Shameela Yoosuf Ali) Mothers and Lovers in Tamil Cinema: Ashok Kumar (1941) and Mangayarkarasi (1949) Abstract: This essay engages with two Tamil films, Ashok Kumar (1941) and Mangayarkarasi (1949), to explore female desire through the roles portrayed by

April 25, 2022

Politics & Culture

Pornography : Commodification Of Women In Predatory Capitalism

“The new pornography is left-wing; the new pornography is a vast graveyard where the Left has gone to die. The Left cannot have its whores and its politics too.” – Andrea Dworkin India has banned porn sites and consuming porn

by Farhan Wahab

Politics & Culture

Who Is The Fairest Of Us All-The Politics Of Colour Shaming

Remember the dark Queen in Snow White, Who used to stand in front of her mirror and ask this question? Dreading the answer, in case she was not deemed the ‘fairest’ which, in the fairy tale, meant the most beautiful?

by Devika Brendon

Politics & Culture

Straddling Eras Has Never Been This Difficult

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it and wiser than the one that comes after it” – George Orwell When eras overlap, as they always do, the

by Sharada Natarajan

Empowerment·Social Justice

We Write Your Rights

The Challenge Of Creating Educational Material For Women Refugees As academics dealing with real-life educational issues with important socio-political dimensions, we often need to struggle in order to find a balance between our allegiance to our research goals, our ideological

by Roula

Fictional Arts·Literature·Poetry·Social Justice

Peace

Let the marching swallow, let the battalions breathe, Let the olive wreath be upon their swords, Let their mind encompass a peaceful tree And say; ‘Let’s fight this war and bring harmony’ Man against man, rivers of red, Neither party

by Hasna Naushad

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Politics & Culture - Page 2

Mothers and Lovers in Tamil Cinema

Pornography : Commodification Of Women In Predatory Capitalism

Who Is The Fairest Of Us All-The Politics Of Colour Shaming

Straddling Eras Has Never Been This Difficult

We Write Your Rights

Peace