A very comprehensive essay on The Dreyfus Affair that split French opinion in the 1890s- 1900s. (wikipedia link) and which in literature is most remembered for the references it finds in Proust… more →
a reader's wordsrw wrote 2 months ago: A very comprehensive essay on The Dreyfus Affair that split French opinion in the 1890s- 1900s. … more →
rw wrote 2 months ago: This picture was taken from the top of the Empire State Building in 1997. The Statue of Liberty is a … more →
rw wrote 5 months ago: Of late, I have been reading the way I like to- a handful of books at the same time. Some of t … more →
rw wrote 10 months ago: Dr Chamal Lal has a collection of some of the favourite Urdu couplets of Bhagat Singh, including a p … more →
rw wrote 10 months ago: Sam provides a quick summary of events leading to the invasion of Gaza Strip by Israel: Far more omi … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: There has been a hiatus on this blog as far as books are concerned. Part of the reason is the great … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: Amit Basole has a fascinating series of posts analyzing Mirza Ghalib’s couplets where he not s … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: This week’s EPW is a special issue focused on DD Kosambi. I will upload the articles later to … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: Aruni Kashyap writes on the brutal murder of a local CPI leader by the Asom Police, an incident that … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: An email alert from those good folks at IPTA, Mumbai announces the staging of the play Tajmahal ka T … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: Mukul Kesavan in the Outlook in a superb review of an anthology of Tamil Pulp fiction, wonders why I … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: Ghazala has a wonderful selection of poems about poetry. thoughts arrive not while writingwhile carr … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: A re- look at the “dollar a day” line for measuring poverty may increase the number of p … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: A selection of Chilean poet Marjorie Agosin’s poems at the The International Literary Quarterl … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: Former left wing dissident, Boris Kagarlitsky, assesses the changes in the European Left over the la … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: The BBC’s Philosophy in the Streets recalls the last upheaval of the Left in the West. The poi … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: I plan to have an occasional post with a round up of what I have been reading, will try and make it … more →
rw wrote 1 year ago: Joseph D’souza reviews Anti- imperialism and Annihilation of Caste by Anand Telumbde. Teltumbd … more →