Notwithstanding the sustained efforts of our neo-colonial rulers to “decolonise” our mental spaces, some vestiges of it remain. Have you noticed how, the moment someone is given a uniform, or a baton, or a public office, he starts wielding his “authority” with indiscriminate abandon and capriciousness, as if to make up for having been at […]
R.W.As – THE NEW VIGILANTES ON THE BLOCK Read More »
As you see below, a search for items on Nissim Ezekiel in the “Bombay Poets” section at Cornell University Library, seems to show a slightly larger collection than is at the Library of University of Bombay (now called University of Mumbai):
Ezekiel material at Cornell University and Mumbai University Read More »
When the epitaph of Shimla is written in the not too distant future, as is inevitable, it will be recorded that its death warrant was issued on the 11th of January, 2024, when the Supreme Court chose to go by legal technicalities and assurances of the state govt. rather than on merits of a case,
SHIMLA – DOOMED BY A LEGAL “TECHNICALITY” Read More »
Though sadly there is not yet any direct contact at present between Pippa Rann Books and Ms Saranya Subramanian, PRB is most interested to see the following news – and perhaps anyone researching especially the relationship between Ezekiel and his urban environment may wish to get in touch with Ms. Subramanian?
https://www.thegoan.net/goa-inshorts/%EF%BB%BFenglish-tygers-from-chowgule-college-attend-kala-ghoda-arts-and-literary-festival/109105.html
PRB is most interested to see the following news Read More »
There could be no better-if that is indeed the right word- indication of the progressive decay of the ethos of our civil services than a Facebook post this week by a very senior IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre. One Manisha Patankar Mhaiskar, Addl Chief Secretary, in a very opportunistically timed post after the consecration
A NEW LOW FOR THE I.A.S Read More »
This last week has established that plumbing the depths of the ridiculous and the bizarre is not only our national pastime, it is also now the leitmotif of our society and ruling regime. The other day I decided I needed a “kurta”, not one of those fancy and expensive Myntra creations, but something more befitting
OF SHANKARACHARYAS AND CAMERACHARYAS Read More »
In every work of art something appears that does not previously exist, and so, by default, you work from what you know to what you don’t know. – Ann Hamilton A writer is a pioneer who begins with something known and then embarks on a journey to the unknown. Unlike other pursuits, we are expected
From the Known to the Unknown Read More »
NOWHERE MAN AUTHOR – SHIVALIK BAKSHI 216 PAGES PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN VEER 2023 This is a book about courage, betrayal and hope. It is a book about someone we all- the Army, the governments of the time, society, the media- forgot. All, that is, except his family, especially his two sisters, and this book is
BOOK REVIEW: THE MAN WE ALL FORGOT Read More »
It’s not working, for either the INDIA alliance or the Congress. Current trends and mood postulate that 2024 is lost for them, and after that they are dead in any case. The problem is that INDIA stands for everything and therefore for nothing; one can’t be all things for all voters and still hope to
FISH OR FOWL ? – I.N.D.I.A ALLIANCE HAS TO DECIDE- QUICKLY! Read More »
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