They are not only victims of colonial history; their identity (or identities) is much more complicated and diversified.
This would have made no difference to Paul Robeson, when he chose to sing the song. He was comfortable with the work of Dvořák; he
‘Dreadlocks’ were not, in fact, from North America, nor were they from the ‘original’ African cultures that former slaves were forced to forget in American
Born and raised in Kerala, and educated in different parts of India, Dr George is a professional Indian classical dancer, choreographer and teacher who has
I can read 'Hindi'; I can speak bad Hindi if I am allowed to disregard all rules of gender; and I can write it if
Sir James George Frazer notes that in time, the Churches in Egypt and Asia Minor began to celebrate the birth of Jesus on 6 January.
Since every act of the so-called ‘free speech’ has certain political underpinnings, either endorsement or admonishment for free speech on any given issue depends not
Like with most Anglo-Indians I grew up on a steady dose of Ronnie Milsap, Neil Diamond, Kenny Rogers, Patsy Cline and Tanya Tucker, but later
I was listening to a CD of an old Joni Mitchell album, and it soon turned out I was playing an awkward historian’s joke on
God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac in His honour. Abraham is at a loss; he does not understand how a nation can
The Bnei Menashe consider themselves the descendants of the Biblical Menashe, son of Joseph, who they call Manmasi or Manmasia. In Manipur they are identified
Globalization has triggered the emergence of a synthetic macro-culture. This synthetic macro-culture is silently engineering the gradual attrition of tribal/ folk art and culture.
