Akhil Bakshi: A born tramp heads on One World voyage
Akhil Bakshi suffers from a curious affliction: the perpetual itch to explore new places and connect distant lands and cultures. He is a perennial voyager in the archetypal sense of …
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At home in India, leaving America and living with Hemingway
An internationally acclaimed photographer, whose black and white images occupy pride of place in elite galleries in the UK, Michael Katakis was on a whirlwind tour in India early this …
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Mission Possible: Shed your fears, fundraising can be fun
‘Fundraising is an extreme sport.’ Well, the Indian NGO industry certainly knows this to be true. In a free-wheeling conversation with India Writes (www.indiawrites.org) Marc A. Pitman, the man behind …
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India’s soft power is based on dialogue, not monologue: ICCR chief
In a world riven by shifting alliances, competing nationalist agendas and competitive power projections, soft power has acquired a special resonance and salience. What hard power can’t achieve, soft power …
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Dr Ambedkar is conscience of modern India, let’s move beyond token social justice: Narendra Jadhav
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambdekar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, is a towering figure in the history of modern India. Known better as the emancipator of Dalits and backward castes, Dr …
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Unravelling love, sex as self-discovery, writing and living
In 2001 Indian-American maths professor Manil Suri made headlines when his debut novel The Death of Vishnu created a big buzz with wild figures being tossed around as advance the …
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‘Quality, not commercial success, of artists is what matters’
Rajeev Lochan, a gifted artist who has a genius for transfiguring the mundane in his paintings, has also carved a space for himself as an efficient art administrator. As director …
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Imagining with body, cultural diversity in India is fascinating: Israeli director
Known for using the physical approach to acting – what he calls “imagine with your body, where the body is the imagination” – Israeli theatre director and acting trainer Prof. …
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In Conversation with Mahasweta Devi
“I have read more books than I have eaten food. The matter for my writing comes from there. Writing is activism for me.” Mahasweta Devi. Meeting Mahasweta Devi was an …
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‘We must stop surrogacy exploitation, let justice prevail’
The rent-a-womb practice has evolved into a thriving industry in India, which is estimated to be over $2 billion. More than 250,000 children are now born in India through surrogates, …
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