Is Public Space(d) Out?
Public spaces have shrunk to cluttered, messy gullies captured only by numbers and statistics. An architect shares his thoughts on bringing creativity back into the practice of design
2020 Vol 2 Qtr 4
Inter-Religious Intimacies: A Psychoanalytic Study
How do inter-religious couples find and sustain their love in strained socio-political contexts? A psychoanalyst shares insights on the processes that go into developing our conceptions of intimacy and othering
Nurturing Public Stakeholdership: A New Way to Archive
Three case studies from the Disappearing Dialogues Collective show how public engagement and art can effectively archive our collective knowledge and everyday practices.
A Seminal Approach to Governance: The Self and The Nation
Faiz Ahmed Faiz had the unique ability to connect across socially-constructed silos, which reflected in both, his approach to cultural policy as well as life
Of Humanity and Not A Nation: The Life of Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Despite actively staying out of politics, Faiz Ahmed Faiz was able to introduce many seminal ideas and institutions that changed the way we understand culture and community
Not Scale-Up But Scale-Out
An intentional community in Andhra Pradesh shows the way to mainstream goodness by focussing on the nine basic requirements of community living
Taking It To The Streets
As a people’s institution, Janam has existed for nearly three decades, directly witnessing the evolution of the people as an audience. Sudhanva Deshpande shares the collective’s insights on communication, audience engagement and political messaging in this age
A Glimpse Into The Street
The evolution of Janam from their first play, Machine (1968) about the murder of factory workers, to Last Letter (2016) about Rohit Vemula’s death. Watch it here.
Diversity as Asset: Towards a Cultural Policy for India
The Chief of Culture Sector UNESCO, New Delhi speaks of the relevance and function of heritage in our times, and the urgent need to combine the values of intangible and tangible heritages
The Gift of The Poem: A Personal Reading of Hum Dekhenge
A remarkable linguistic interpretation of Hum Dekhenge in the context of the recent anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill
