Shrinkhal Khemraj is a child poet of an era of transition from post-modernism to post-humanism. And he is worried about all the things which are vanishing as a result. The vanishing things have made his dreams nightmarish.
He was born into a Buddhist family. Converts to Buddhism from a Dalit background, his family believes in and upholds…[Read more]

इस लेख में बहुजन साहित्य की अवधारणा की आवश्यकता को रेखांकित किया गया है। बहुजन साहित्य की अवधारणा का पैमाना लेखक का कुल लेखकीय-वैचारिक अवदान है। इसलिए द्विज समुदाय से आने वाले ऐसे लेखकों के लिए भी इसमें स्थान है, जिनकी दृढ पक्षधरता इन वंचित तबकों के प्रति हो। जैसा कि हम फारवर्ड प्रेस में कहते आए हैं कि यह अवधारण…[Read more]

The concept of Bahujan literature is based on the sum total of the literary contribution of a writer. Hence, it also has place for Dwij writers with an unflinching commitment to the cause of the deprived communities. As we have been arguing in the columns of FORWARD Press, the concept of Bahujan literature is a huge umbrella, under which Dalit,…[Read more]

When Jesus humbly washes his disciples’ feet (John 13), he engages his friends up close using the sense of touch. This article explores how his touch conveys a quality of love that no other physical sense can capture. Sensory Anthropology reveals how touch is often overlooked and undervalued but is quite potent. We confronted these dynamics most r…[Read more]

Slides accompanying a talk presented at a joint research meeting of the Sushruta Project and the Classical Āyurveda Text Study Group in Vienna, July 2022.

Darjeeling tea is known worldwide for its delicate taste and for being one of the most expensive teas. Despite this, when we look at the tea laborers we find how little their condition has changed over time. They still have to protest for days to increase a few rupees in their wages. Although there is still rising demand for Darjeeling tea in the…[Read more]

On Ernest Miller Hemingway’s 121st anniversary, this book review celebrates his nobel-winning masterpiece, Old Man and the Sea.

This article was written on the 75th anniversary of the classic work of George Orwell, Animal Farm. It was written amidst the first wave of Covid-19. There are many differences between a communist regime and a democratic system and both can’t be compared directly. But what I saw in India had certain elements in common with Animal Farm i.e. t…[Read more]

We all know about Darjeeling tea but little do we know about its history. The story of the establishment of Darjeeling has many twists and turns. There are only few works which are done on this topic and hence we have very limited sources to refer to. Set against the backdrop of the looming Himalayas and drenching monsoons, this interview will aim…[Read more]

Al tratar de disolver la neta separación entre una mente racional y la materia inerte abogada por el dualismo Cartesiano, el monismo lucha por reunificar estas distintas realidades ontológicas. Tal como para Claude Lévi-Strauss y Baruch Spinoza, esa dicha unificación no puede prescindir de la trascendencia de la mente humana como locus del pen…[Read more]