But one can safely say that the intricate ecosystem unfurled by the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2025-2026 creates the conditions of possibility for such a material and philosophical dialogue to take place.
About The Author
Aranya is a poet, currently based in Delhi, a place to which he doesn't belong.
Vinod Kumar Shukla’s passing leaves a reverberating absence at the center of the Indian cultural imagination. He taught us how to fold the everyday into the ordinary – to find meaning, purpose, and hope in the vagaries of life, and in the “anti-event” of suffering and exploitation.
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The most imaginative chronicles of Mumbai’s 'spirit' come to us from the city’s poets
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