Madhu Trehan focused Shourie's attention to two recent events: Modi's visit to the US and the outcome of the Jayalalitha case. Through attention to these topics, everything from China to Pakistan, reservations, and Hindutva politics were covered.
Namita Gokhale reviews her journey from a controversial first novel to her Kitabnama days with Doordarshan, and attributes the darkness in the Book of Shadows to a particularly difficult time in her personal life. Comfortable navigating the psychic and the mythic, Gokhale inspires on a range of topics in conversation with Mita Kapur.
Rani Mukerji discusses Mardaani, marriage, the evolving aspirations of women, and standing up for yourself.
Discourse on whether contemporary folklore can even exist, how folklore dies with the emergence of modern education, the creativity young blood inspires, and more candid and thought-provoking insights from Gnanapeetha Award winning Kannada poet Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara.
Submissive dame or silent subversive? Panelists and the audience navigate the many colours of and complications with Sita. In the end, it's up to the audience to determine whether she is relevant to today's modern woman.
People translate works which fit their ideological requirements. Translation is a creative activity, although culture-specific details may be compromised. Every language is a nation in itself.
Venita Coelho is very angry. Do you know why? Tigers all over are being captured and killed because almost every part of the Tiger’s body is useful, ornamental, and above all extremely valuable in the market. Can you beat the kids at the Tiger Quiz - a test of lesser-known facts about the Tiger’s characteristics?
There are millions and billions of stories to be told, and in the maelstrom of identities and thoughts, finding your voice is the most liberating thing you can do to your writing. Being Aboriginal is not about the color of our skin-identity is socially constructed. Despite generations of trauma and a predominantly oral tradition of storytelling, writing has liberated Aboriginal voice, keeping their culture alive generation after generation.
A woman deeply rooted to her beginnings, another: an amalgamation of different cultural legacies; an Indian expert on everything Chinese, and India’s ambassador to China himself get together to ponder the confluence of cultures in the vast terrain of South East Asia. What transpires is a deeply personal, honest, and amusing session. One that leaves you smiling and shaking your head in awe.
Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh, Leila Seth, proved children can engage with "heavy" issues likes liberty, ethics, innovation, and justice. That is, if we dare to give them a chance.
Nayantara Sahgal, born into the first family of Indian politics charts her personal and political evolution, accompanied by insightful commentary from Ritu Menon. Known best for her vehement opposition to cousin sister Indira Gandhi's Emergency, Nayantara reflects on the current start of country and finds comfort in the strong foundation laid by our forefathers. All hope is not lost with the unshakable promise of democracy.
Panelists speak passionately about the need to preserve and propagate regional languages. Speaking from experience as a civil servant, Ashok Vajpeyi points out the realistic hurdles of imposing Hindi as the official administrative language of India.
In his self-written obituary, Khushwanth Singh states, “Here lies one who spared neither man nor god. Waste not your tears on him, he was a sod. Writing nasty things he regarded as great fun. Thank the Lord he is dead, this son of a gun.” Tisca and Humra remember fondly the wisdom he imparted upon them.
Almost anything a woman does today, whether intentional or not, becomes political. One cannot separate politics from a woman’s life. Women have a choice in terms of the garb they wear: that of a victim, a ninja or warrior, or they can play a game of pretense. Women’s freedoms are being curtailed and their voices stifled but there is hope for a Post Gender Generation where everyone, whether woman or man, will be at an equal standing
