Theft or artistic prerogative?
Do well-known artists have a right to appropriate other people's photographs to make 'art'?
By: M Neelika Jayawardane Last week, the respected and well-known American artist Hank Willis Thomas’ work was exhibited by the prestigious South African gallery, the Goodman, at the Johannesburg Art Fair. One of Thomas’ works, prominently displayed at Goodman Gallery’s booth, was an image based on an altered version of an iconic photograph taken by […]
DIABETES: A NEW CONCERN FOR VALLEY
BY: Dr Ajmal Rashid Bhat The number of adults and older teens with diabetes in valley is increasing at a faster rate. Diabetes: ‘The hardest thing is waking up and part of your body has gone’ here has been a noteworthy increment in the predominance of hazard factors for Non-Communicable infections, for example, Type 2 […]
Skills that matter most for Job Seekers!
(Our job seekers, before their interviews need to pin down their strengths, outline their technical and soft skills, and define what makes them a desirable candidate. With such a huge flow of students aiming for the same jobs now, one should be clear with that why he/she should be given a job? They need to be at the top of their game, and try harder to leave a good impression in interviewers’ mind).
A knowledge sharing program was recently organized by the ICFAI group. The theme chosen for the program was ‘the role of teachers in enhancing the employability skills of the students’. The program started with the discussion whether job or career is ideal for our students? The unanimous answer was that job may be temporary and […]
Salat-A lesson from Karbala!
By: Javeed Ali As the Muharram-ul-Haram 1440 AH is in progress, every one of us is commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (A.S.) and his companions which they gave for the revival of the Islamic principles in the battlefield of Karbala in Iraq. The event which happened in the year 61 of the lunar […]
Beekeeping- as an Enterprise in Kashmir
By: WASEEM AHMAD BHAT Bee keeping or (apiculture) is one of the subsectors of this big sector of Kashmir economy and its potential as economic activity and its positive impact on both horticulture and agriculture production makes it more significant than other subsectors. Its varied and multifarious products include honey besides other products like beeswax, […]
Reprise: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Where Huxley takes note of the dangers of excess
By: Sudipta Datta Dystopian novels have seen a surge in sales since 2013, when government-sponsored surveillance programmes came to light in the U.S. With Donald Trump’s election, Brexit and the rise of totalitarian regimes around the world, books like George Orwell’s 1984, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Margaret Atwood’s The […]
Monsoon Feelings: A History of Emotions in the Rain review: The call of the peacock
Linking images, sounds, smells and tastes of a summer phenomenon
By: Geeta Doctor In this volume as heavy with the promise of the rain bearing clouds that herald the monsoon, the editors have sown the seeds of several ideas about the phenomenon. As Imke Rajamani explains in her introduction, the essays are a compilation of the ideas and thoughts shared during a conference held at […]
The history of emotions
…when Alexander the Great was in Persia, he was deeply impressed by the court ceremonies and wanted to adopt similar protocols. He persuaded his Greek companions to perform various ceremonies and rituals, such as prostrating before him.
By: Mubarak Ali While historians do tend to write political, social and economic narratives, they often ignore the role of those decisions that are taken on the basis of emotions and produce vital changes in the course of history. There have been many instances in history when rulers have taken immediate action without caring about […]
A peek into an unusual mind
By: Probal Dasgupta To celebrate the life of an unusual intellectual, Ramin Jahanbegloo and Ananya Vajpeyi have come up with an unusually designed feast of writings and conversations, with Ashis Nandy, about him, around him. A title like A Life in Dissent or an epithet like “a critical traditionalist” serve as viable bookmarks if you […]
Vox popli: Why ban Muharram processions in Srinagar?
Since 1990, the ban on traditional 8th and 10th Muharram processions in Srinagar continues till date. The Shia Muslims, who visit Kashmir capital from different parts of the Valley to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS) and his companions, are bizarrely meted out with tear gas canisters by the government forces. This, in a […]
