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Sophocles, a Greek Playwright, created at least three characters that history and literature has remembered well: Oedipus, Theseus, and Antigone. In this article, we are going to discuss Antigone. She can be described as a perfect victim of fate, and also a child of neglect. All the customs of her land contradict her sense of …
The academic community is used to standing on the shoulder of giants. That is how we justify our methods. However, there are other perspectives to consider.
Abhijit Suresh and Richa Thakur The past year has seen the release of two movies, Malikappuram and Kantara, that based their plots on emphatically Indic themes of relationship between human and Divine. Both the movies explore the sublimity associated with rituals that is ingrained in the Indic consciousness. The gem of a movie, Malikappuram is …
“The correct thing for us to do is to strive for a democratic Raj in which the Hindus, the Muslims and the other communities may participate as Indians and not as followers of any particular religion.” – Lala Lajpat Rai Punjab Kesari, as he was referred to, Lala Lajpat Rai is synonymous with India’s struggle …
The way academia teaches today is through a covert sense of moralism: it teaches us to believe in what is right and what is wrong. It teaches us to adopt the perspective of what is “right” and “good”. If your liberal professor talks of revolution, rebellion, or challenging the status quo or the established norm, …
In the simplest sense, the term ‘research’ implies that we find out something. We find facts, evidence, and arguments about matters that are not known to us as yet. This also means that we have to accept the fact of “not knowing” yet. This step, particularly, requires bravery. Because if we live in this world, …
Retribution requires vindictiveness. Where there is vindictiveness, there is a sense of being wronged, and that wrongdoing being avenged. How does this principle apply to the justice systems we have created for dispute resolution? More importantly, does it create a repair in the wounded collective consciousness that is seeking a resolution to one or more …
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Navigating Deconstruction and protest culture. As we stand today, at the brink of Indic awakening, we are surrounded by innumerable institutions that operate with colonial influences. We are surrounded by the influences of British and Middle-eastern coloniality. When I say institutions, I don’t just mean physical institutions like our schools, colleges, courtrooms, parliament, etc., I …