When Bhakt And Bhakti Had A Different Connotation
Arundhathi Subramaniam draws a parallel between the present age of political bhakts and their blind devotion to their leader, and poets of an era long gone by whose devotion to God was not blind
How Revulsion Is Irrational And Rightwing
Our revulsion for human beings of certain races, castes and classes and avocations comes from conservatism and rightwing thinking
In The Postmodern World, Intimacy Has Become A Strange Thing
In today's world, emotional bonds are rare as we chase for newness relentlessly
American Dream: When You Are An Alien In An Alien Land
Jey Sushil writes about his experience of living in the United States, the Dream Land and a melting pot, where aliens like him are treated just like that, aliens
Early 20th Century Kanpur: A Template To Understand Feelings Historically
Emotions are at the core of the very practices through which power is constituted and challenged, whether it is the desire for passion or its apparent contrary, the desire for discipline, writes Margrit Pernau
As Fragile As A Dry Leaf
For Manasvi Rukumpur, trusting is like a needle and when it pierces you it leads to regret
The Badlands Of Bihar Where Caste Hatred Is Overriding Emotion
How the overwhelming emotion of revenge led to a spate of caste wars in the 1980s and ’90s over land, bleeding humanity in the Land of Buddha
Charting Her Own Desires
A woman decides to follow her own desires and do what she wants instead of playing by the rules
Can Violent Emotions In The World Be Tamed By A Politics Of Love And Care?
As the sage Atri in the Rig Veda exhorts, we need love (erotic and spiritual) because without it the world lacks gloss—emotional and physical. And love is what gives humanity its authenticity and allows us to reap the bounties of paradise.
Memory, Myth And The Making Of Identity
How we tell our stories will affect how they are remembered in the cerebral sieve that is memory
‘My Characters Are Not Good Or Kind; They Also Turn Bitter Because Of Their Religion’
Kannadiga writer Vasudhendra talks about his latest historical novel Tejo Tungabhadra which traverses continents, religions and cultures via a love story
Politics Of Hate: How The Hatred Shapes Our World
Scholars say hate has sustained human evolutions. Is it congenital or cultural? Only a deconstruction of hate can give us an answer.
The Weather Inside Us
Events in our lives determine how we see the seasons, says a photographer from Kashmir
There Is A Connection Between Touch And Loneliness, And The Feelings They Generate
How do we negotiate the vagaries, the transformations and the possible death of our feelings?
Solitude: The Searing Tranquillity Of Solitude Is A Constant Companion
A woman shopkeeper in a busy city uses loneliness as a metaphor to deliver a message full of wisdom: even those who are not lonely are lonely, writes Roohi Dixit
In Today’s World, We Are Even Robbed Of The Right To Be Sad. It Is Time We Reclaim It
Using Van Gogh’s philosophy of not giving in to despair and choosing active melancholy, Abhishek Anicca avers that we should reclaim our right to be sad and wonders why we fail to produce a remarkable piece of art when there is so much churning within us
Beauty And Ageing Need To Be Rescued From Its Conventional Definition
Why must being beautiful be displaced either to a past or deferred to a future, wonders Aradhana Seth
Learning To Live With Self-hate
Balancing self-hatred and a love for the world is difficult but necessary
Joshimath Sinking: Chronicle Of A Disaster Foretold
The Joshimath ecological disaster was long in the making. But greed meant that no one was listening
Reunion Diary: Meeting My Parents For The First Time After Decades
A Chinese-Indian woman estranged from her parents unites with them after decades