Internet and New Media have influenced contemporary art in a way that is difficult to comprehend. In fact, the influence continues to evolve and creates new spaces for art to be exhibited and appreciated. Artists like Bianca Runge, and several others are actively engaged in creating spaces online. For instance, a couple of decades ago, artists [...]
March 7, 2010
Rashomon is a fascinating cinematic masterpiece by acclaimed Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa. On the surface what seems to be a simple tale of rape of a woman and murder of husband after they encounter a bandit in a forest becomes one of the most complex tales when none of the versions of the encounter [...]
February 26, 2010
Gregorio de Matos: The Religiously Perverse Poet from Brazil exemplifies Baroque literature of not just Brazil but also of Portuguese literature.
February 1, 2010
Does Holden Caulfield epitomize Altruism or Misanthropic Nature? Holden Caulfield manages to bring out the altruist in him, with all the negative attributions attached to his character. Holden Caulfield is the epitome of cynics in the outer world but there is a true innocent teenager buried under the image of a cynic. Salinger crafted Holden’s character much in relevance to his own self, making the young teenager a true recluse. The world perceives Holden as a rebel and a deviant but the phoney world denies that he is a conformist.
January 29, 2010
J D Salinger seems to have lived out dream of Holden, the young protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye by making the ‘dough’ with his novel, buying a remote home in Cornish, New Hampshire and shunning the world of phonies
January 15, 2010
Anacaona is a Startling Allusion to Haiti for she was seduced and executed by the colonizers just as Haiti has been admired, pillaged and destroyed by colonizers, dictators and by Nature.
January 12, 2010
Multifaceted genius Daniel Barenboim will be playing piano as well as conducting orchestra yet again in London at the end of this month. This time he will present Beethovan’s piano concertos juxtaposed with Schoeberg’s Concerto.
January 7, 2010
Is Patriarchy the Oppressor or the Victim of Gender Role and how has that been reflected in literature?
January 4, 2010
Jamie Gibson: Exploring the Depths of Paint and Colour in New York proved to be a fascinating journey for the young painter.
December 25, 2009
In these difficult and melancholic times of war, recession and climate change where everything good seems to be slipping away including hope the good old popular song Que Sera Sera, meaning Whatever Will be, Will be, seems all the more relevant.
April 28, 2010
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