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Monthly Archives: May 2006

Before you launch your revolution, will you get your dates right?

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

What’s that, on the back of that t-shirt?
“1847-2006,
… Divide and Rule….
Nothing
has changed
But, WE
will
Change it.”
Perhaps they should be excused. After all, being science students, they ain’t supposed to know no history. Even the super intelligent, meritorious ones, unless they study for civil services exams.
From the ones who have been never on a hunger [...]

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Who is Lakireddy?

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Leena posts this story at pass the roti on the warped priorities of MSM and blogosphere. One more take on the Kaavya V controversy but this time it isn’t about her.
Who is Lakireddy? Read on.

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Read this again

Monday, May 22, 2006

A poem is meant to be recited.
A play is supposed to be performed.
Only a novel is read in solitude. But then novel is a product of print culture.
Now as we come to terms with the digitization of our cultural practices and everyday life that is happening at such a rapid pace, let us imagine how [...]

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A minister for history?

Friday, May 19, 2006

So the question of the day is simply: do we need a minister for history? Looks like it. If ever that job opens up in Karnataka, I will apply. Or run for that office.
‘Bhuta mantri‘ has a fantastic ring to it.
I love it.
Who wouldn’t want to be addressed as ‘manya bhuta mantrigale‘! As you all [...]

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For Historians and Humanists

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Read Sepoy’s The Polyglot Manifesto - 1 and The Polyglot Manifesto - 2 for his insightful reflections on the challenges we face today in the academy. Any young (or even old) historian or humanities scholar should take Sepoy’s proposals seriously.

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Mahishurapuri - 1

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Speaking of Mahishurapuri, a quick comment.

Last week, I was reading A History of Indian Literature in English edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. Of particular interest for me were two superb essays on R K Narayan (by Pankaj Mishra) and A K Ramanujan (by Mehrotra himself), the two major English writers from Mysore. As I read [...]

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