What does it mean to remember violence through fiction, and what responsibilities does such remembering place on the reader?
In this essay, the author examines how fiction can preserve and reanimate memories of violence that remain absent, fragmented or contested within dominant histories.
What Fiction Teaches Us: The Ethics of Remembering and Witnessing Read More »
Culture, Editors Pick, Literature
Nations are often imagined through stories. Historical events provide the material, but literature frequently shapes how those events are remembered and interpreted. Novels, poems, and plays transform historical experience into narratives that can be shared across generations. Through this process literature becomes a powerful medium through which societies understand their past and imagine their collective
Literary Memory and the Making of National Identity Read More »
Culture
Contemporary societies are living through a period of rapid transformation. Digital technologies, global communication, and social media have reshaped everyday life, raising new questions about how tradition and culture adapt in an increasingly connected world.
Culture in Transition: Tradition in the Age of Digital Life Read More »
Culture
The study of linguistics explores the relationship between language and thought and examines how human beings organise meaning through systems of speech and writing. Understanding this relationship helps explain how language shapes human cognition, communication, and culture.
Language and Thought: How Linguistics Explains the Human Mind Read More »
Culture
On International Women’s Day, it is worth reflecting on the intellectual contributions of Indian women writers who reshaped the landscape of modern Indian literature. Through poetry, fiction, and essays, women in Indian literature introduced new perspectives on society, identity, and cultural experience.
Indian Women Writers and the Making of Modern Indian Literature Read More »
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