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A Thousand Cuts: Two Poems by Carol D’Souza
A Thousand Cuts: Two Poems by Carol D’Souza
A ‘Spicy’ Feast of Fantasy
A ‘Spicy’ Feast of Fantasy
Words, rain, Mozart: Three Poems by Sunil Sharma
Words, rain, Mozart: Three Poems by Sunil Sharma
Editorial, Film/TV, Literature The Chakkar Editorial, Film/TV, Literature The Chakkar

Art, Defanged

In the run-up to the 2024 elections, the films that hit the big screens, the books showcased on the windowfronts, and the music crawling into our ears, has mostly sung the songs of propaganda. It’s art without dissent; art that rages for the machine. By Karan Madhok

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Literature The Chakkar Literature The Chakkar

Whose Freedoms are Our Freedoms?

The book Our Freedoms: Essays and Stories from India’s Best Writers confronts the challenges of the present, with remarks on religion, caste, sexuality, politics, and more. Saurabh Sharma argues that the collection has the elixir to inspire the soul of the nation.

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