Books & Culture
Zainichi Korean Literature in Japanese – Part 1
The language permeated their body, circulated through their blood and ingrained in their lives.
February 7, 2025
The language permeated their body, circulated through their blood and ingrained in their lives.
Mustang is famously called the “Mini Tibet in Nepal” for its numerous Tibetan shrines and monasteries strewn across the land.
In this second part, we glance at Deepti’s resilience in keeping her dreams alive in a hostile familial environment.
The two films create a space where the girls reclaim their spirit, just enough to live a little.
Huzaifa’s heart-rending poem speaks of the angst, the silent, frustrating, regretful wait of entire generations.
The Bahariya Oasis is embracing modernity while still having its roots in the traditional lifestyle.
Renuka is the most brazen, uncouth, hot-headed woman portrayed of late on-screen.
The differences in the three poets do not create narrow domestic walls, rather open up a harmonious, polyphonic world.
A city like Hyderabad was not as small as our hamlet. Within the city and its outskirts, many things happened to which we were strangers.
Virginia Woolf, in her seminal text, A Room of One’s Own talked about equality, a literary career and financial freedom, thoughts which still influence feminist thinking and movements for equality.
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