‘…unlike Jain teachers who advised giving up the material world, Shiva embodied restrained virile energy, a contained power that enabled worthy royal disciple to conquer the material world.’
A week ago, the Sangeet Natak Akademi published its list of awardees and hearteningly, in addition to the regular annual awards given by the Akademi, a one-time award was announced to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence.
Two thousand years ago, from amongst the Jews rose a man called Jesus, in the lineage of King David. He rejected the Jewish view that God only cared for the Chosen People and that God was a stern father who demanded absolute obedience.
I learnt from colleagues that the earliest visa appointments available for a trip to the USA were in May 2024, for an assignment scheduled for January 2023. Similar instances were reported by other fellow artistes too.
‘In Krishna, visualised differently in different parts of India, the concept of unity and diversity finds a mythological expression. Diverse regional forms of Krishna are united by the Puranic idea of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu…’
‘At Rachna, the tiny wooden staircase between the ground and the first floor is the Platform Nine and Three-Quarters that leads you to the magic of a unique bookstore.’
‘The existence of supernatural beings, angels and djinns, in Islamic lore reminds us that all humans yearn for powers that help them cope with fears about life and death.’
‘ I am told that a million views or more by no means assures the artiste of even a few thousand rupees as revenue. Neither is there any guarantee that more properly paid performances will start trickling in.’
‘I have replayed this conversation several times in my mind, always from the perspective of Kashmiri politics. But it was only in Calcutta that I got the clarity about the politics of hijab.
Humans broke the rules of God and were cast out of Eden. Human history then becomes this quest to return to the primal Paradise or Eden. The question is how do humans do so?
In gallery spaces this September, there is a retrospective of a master, a play that places Ravana as a product of social evils and a group show that dwells on monochrome. In mandaps, as in art spaces, the buzzword remains variety.
‘In the Puranas, we keep hearing stories of Karna, who is called daanveer, and we always wonder why he has a tragic life despite being so charitable. This is because we confuse bhiksha with daan; in daan, nothing is expected in return. So Karna does not get any benefit despite being charitable.’ The categories of giving in Hindu culture.
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