Rabindranath Tagore

DESIRE OR DIRGE?

July 1, 2017 The Beacon 0

Between The Lines

From the perspective of contemporary India where poverty and fear stalk the marginalised and poor, is Tagore’s poem, “Where the Mind is Without Fear” desire or dirge, hope or lament?

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RESISTANCE AND SELFHOOD

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July 1, 2017 The Beacon 0

In Ajay Navaria’s book “Unclaimed Terrain” polyphonic voices of resistance and self-hood express Dalit experiences in ‘modern’ India. His stories paint carnivals of the dialogic imagination says Ashoak Upadhyay.

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THE WAY WE LIVE

July 1, 2017 The Beacon 0

That’s Life!!!

Numbers, numbers and more numbers from around the world! Who said numbers don’t tell stories? Anoop Babani’s jaw-dropping indices illustrate the way we live and the way we should not.