Vol. 4, Issue 2 February 2012
 
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Culture  

1 February 2012  
Culture | The Indian Litfest Bug
AMITAVA KUMAR
 
 
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  From the Previous Issues
 
Published : 1 January 2012  
Culture  | Machaan Ado About Nothing
By TR VIVEK

What explains India’s newfound love for South Indian pop culture? . . .

Published : 1 December 2011  
Culture  | Power to the Bourgeoisie
By SAYANDEB CHOWDHURY

How the Left left Bengali cinema . . .

Published : 1 November 2011  
Culture  | All the Myriad Ways
By MANAN AHMED

Ramanujan’s essay on the many Ramayanas argues for a truer scholarship . . .

Published : 1 November 2011  
Culture  | The Real Demon
By TRISHA GUPTA

Watching Ramlilas in Delhi you sense how living traditions can be turned into fossils . . .

Published : 1 October 2011  
Culture  | The Hum of the Machine
By NAMITA DEVIDAYAL

Why technology doesn’t necessarily help the cause of classical music . . .

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