विषय : हिंदी प्रदेश : प्रगतिशीलता की विरासत इस व्याख्यान में निम्न पहलुओं को समेटने की कोशिश रहेगी – अर्वाचीन बोध क्या है? हिंदी प्रदेश में इसकी बुनियाद को कैसे समझें ? छठी से ग्यारहवीं शताब्दी का दौर। भक्ति आंदोलन के दौर में क्या बदलाव हुए ? कला और साहित्य में दरबारीपन को कैसे समझें ?
″When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” — Lewis Caroll, Through the Looking Glass
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It seems George Orwell wasn't prescient enough in his novel Nineteen Eight-Four.
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Albert Camus and Edward Curtin, Sr. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. – Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Really? Or was he joking? Whenever January rolls around and a new year begins with its implied ending, I think of my father and Albert […]
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In another 50 years China will be stronger, and by that time the Chinese Communist Party will be a hundred years old. The United States will surely be envious and ill-intentioned, but it doesn’t dare attack China, not even with a single bullet. It will research germ contamination. That is immoral. After it finishes with […]
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This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • China bids farewell to Jiang Zemin • China expands social welfare • New trends in Chinese literature • Chinese tea, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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AYESHA KIDWAI reflects on the injustice done to Bilkis Bano on the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, by the release of the 11 convicted rapists (who raped her during the Gujarat carnage of 2002, and killed her 3 year-old daughter), by way of her translation of Krishn Chander’s short story written in 1948, entitled Ek Tawaif … Continue reading Why remember Partition? And what to remember? Ayesha Kidwai →
One of the most common questions I get asked is what are my top favorite and or life-changing books, so today I compiled my list of the top 15 plus a couple honorable mentions. These books cover a variety of topics, including literature, philosophy, theology and geopolitics. The choice was hard but I narrowed it […]
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Qu’est donc la mémoire Si ce n’est des couches de souvenirs innombrables Stratifications invisibles et furtives De l’empreinte magique du temps Souvenirs fragiles et éphémères Tels des chateaux de sable Sous l’assaut des vagues et du vent Qu’est donc la mémoire Si ce n’est l’impossibilité de trouver La paix dans l’oubli du silence Telle une […]
Not many videos have covered the world’s greatest literary villain, but I think even Sauron is afraid of O’Brien. Orwell’s character is the most malicious and hateful of all villains and exercise his worship of power for the extermination of the human species the Daleks could only dream of. This chapter is also crucial for […]
