Leadership is never about the limelight. Leaders like John the Baptist disappear from the scene altogether, not because of their insignificance, but because of their ability and commitment to quietly fulfil what they have been called to do.
Author: Arvind Theodore
The Cast(e)ing of Goundamani-Senthil Comedy
Goundamani is often seen reflecting a “dominant-caste mentality” while Senthil is understood to be representing an “oppressed-caste mentality.” The charitable attitude towards the dominated person’s transgressive acts is acceptable only in so far as it appears on screen. Any imitation within the realms of reality is offensive and hence, intolerable.
Kantara and the ‘Christian’ Logic of Fear
If there is one takeaway for me from Kantara, it is the feeling of community—of oneness between human beings, animals, land, nature, and the divine.
Sairat, an account of Dalit Trauma
Boundary maintenance, built on the logics of separatism and exclusion, results in this hypervisibilization of Dalit bodies. The practice of boundary maintenance ends up creating castecized spaces that in turn become sites of trauma. Thus, the hypervisibilization of Dalit bodies functions as both the cause and the result of Dalit trauma.
What My Three-Year Old Niece Taught Me
My little niece taught me that learning to pronounce a new name not only shows how open we are to others and other cultures, but importantly underlines the verity that we are—despite our beliefs, cultures, traditions, and histories—never more important than we think we are.
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