Tag Archives: India

Khayal’s Secret History

Posted on April 12, 2024 by secondsaturn

Prof R Mahalakshmi of Centre for Historical Studies, JNU is presenting and hosting a short lecture demonstration on the Khayal by Vidushi Madhumita Ray. The programme is curated and researched by Heather House LLP. The course is free of cost … Continue reading →

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Rammohun Roy and Dhrupad – Whats the connection with Sati?

Posted on January 9, 2024 by secondsaturn

In the early decades of the 19th century Raja Rammohun Roy, when introducing music as part of Vedic prayers in the Brahma Sabha, that was to become the Brahmo Samaj later in 1828, he made dhrupad as the foundation of … Continue reading →

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Hypernationalism Cost Us Our Victory

Posted on December 8, 2023 by secondsaturn

When will India realize that hypernationalism is a disease of the mind, most lethal and vicious? Its fall out can be clearly seen in the fact that no factor other than the hype created by the spectators, media, and every … Continue reading →

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Colonialism and Bollywood

Posted on May 24, 2014 by secondsaturn

I am again thinking on colonialism whether or not it was a kind of emasculation of India; to my mind, it was not. Indians were not really independent before the British because for most Indians, the long centuries of Muslim … Continue reading →

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