Politics & Culture - Page 7

A new tragedy has unfolded in the case of Muslims in Sri Lanka. The cultural junkies who consider themselves as the experts in terrorism-related topics are now looking out for traditional Muslims. On the other hand, Sufi orthodoxy proclaims

  When Irish-Australian poet and writer, Anne Casey was asked to write for an art exhibition in Australia, she embarked on a dark voyage of discovery into the lives of Irish immigrant children one hundred and fifty years ago. …………………

It’s the latest thing taking the internet by storm; parodies of how men write about and represent women. Takes a wild guess on which body part figures prominently in their writings? As a young teenager growing up in the nineties,

IWB or Indian Women Blog is an online media portal that talks about the success stories of women across the world and conducts creative campaigns to shatter the stereotypes. IWB had organised a series of engaging conversations via Twitter dialogues with women leaders, thinkers and change-makers from across South

I began with the idea of writing a piece about the ongoing male versus female struggle. The idea was generated when #Metoo was so quickly hijacked by males to further their own agendas. Women who had reported serious breaches of behaviour from

“Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals”. Mark Twain In order to reform the Muslim society in Sri Lanka, all the madrasas which endlessly produce lame-brained Moulavis should be reformed. This is one of the epidemics which rigorously

Gangs of Wasseypur presents itself as the epic of third world politics, it is the story of bastards and fucks who control the entire game played out in the underworld: a dirty game of deceit and disguise. The movie was released

Thulasi Muttulingam is the creator of Humans of Northern Sri Lanka, a group which narrate stories of people and communities in the North of Sri Lanka. She is also a journalist, feature writer and an activist. The creation of empathy is

In South India, the god Shiva – that volatile destroyer dancing in a hoop of flames – reigns supreme. Just about every man wears his mark on their forehead – a slash of white and vermillion; and just about every temple