Cast Out:
Poems of anger and angst
by Basudev Sunani
translated by J P Das
Rupantara, 2009
Modern Oriya verse is said to have begun in the 15th century, when
Paari Padukalam (The Death of Paari)
written and directed by Pralayan, 2008
Against a backdrop of increased marginalisation of minorities the world over under the banner of the US-led
A pivotal scene in Ju Dou, Zhang Yimou's celebrated film examining the burden of tradition in China, features a procession full of pomp and extravagance. The main feature
Mailing pink chaddis, setting brasseries afire and more, all for the sake of women´s rights.
According to popular myth, women's-libbers of the 1960s burned their brassieres
The problem of conceptualising Asian-ness is that it is not a question of finding similarities, but of envisioning the coexistence of diversities.
All one, perhaps –
bell, mountain, tree
and
Kabul is a city of dramatic contrasts. In the streets, shiny black-windowed limousines drive alongside scruffy pushcarts with wobbly wheels. On the sidewalks, one-legged beggars hold out hands
