“We never perceive the body, or any object for that matter, as it is, but through various filters and channels shaped and managed by culture. That is to say, the body is not a natural object, rather ...

Women bhakti poets like Janabai, Lal Ded, Soyarabai and Akka Mahadevi were not only the earliest feminists in India but also challenged the patriarchal norms of society through their songs, poems and ...

All three were credited with composing exquisite verses between the 9th and 17th centuries. The Bhakti tradition has often been perceived as a radical push back against the casteist, Brahmanical ...

The devotional movement of Bhakti established by seers like Meera Bai and Akka Mahadevi was rejection of the normal. Meera, the 15th century princess from Rajasthan who turned seer in pursuit of lord ...

Designed and directed by choreographer Veena Basavarajaiah, the play features artists Laxmi Chandrashekar, Anagha Kashyap, Deepti Nagendra, Priyanka Chandrashekar, and Sripriya. 'THE PLAY ENCAPSULATES ...

Kabir’s doha Ghat Ghat Mein Panchi in the melodious voice of Hindustani musician Kishori Amonkar reverberates through the room. I close my eyes, a warm kurta that I’d been ironing still in my hands, ...

There is an apocryphal, though riveting tale of Karaikal Ammaiyar, a 6th century poet-mystic of modern-day Tamil Nadu. Abandoned by her husband who viewed her as a goddess after witnessing her ...

If the hatred between India and Pakistan is viewed in gender perspective, then all the conflicts, including Kashmir, seem to be overshadowed by attempts to dominate each other, which stem from the ...