Often branded as one of the earliest feminist plays, A Doll’s House, is more about hypocrisy and trappings of a marriage, family and death of individuality
May 7, 2009
Modern Modern exhibition at The Chelsea Art Museum will be held between 17 April - 13 June 2009.
May 6, 2009
Picasso's rare Maya failed to find a buyer at Sotheby's revealing a dismal scene in the art market.
May 5, 2009
The exhibition Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night is a rare attempt to look at Van Gogh's vision and fascination about nights.
May 5, 2009
When you talk about ‘feminism’, the concept of ‘patriarchy’ is virtually raised directly or indirectly. Both come as heavily loaded concepts and they are often juxtaposed. Many feminist poets such as Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree), Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, Anna Akhmatova, etc to name a few talked substantially about feminism in different lights [...]
May 3, 2009
Pete Seeger, folk singer turns 90 today. His songs connect to dark realities of life and has inspired generations to fight for their rights and justice.
May 2, 2009
Much has been said and written about what comes or does not come from ‘nothing’. All the ‘isms’ of the intellectual world have dwelled upon nothingness, either trying to figure out what exists within the vacuum or trying to understand the nothingness itself. Man has always dealt with the issue of being the sole intelligent [...]
May 1, 2009
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan and has been brought up Britain. He carries both his identities very well. He keeps swinging into the past and to his roots in his novels and stories. He has a good reason for doing so. He prefers to represent the culturally displaced, migrated generation and project them [...]
The Fiendish
May 8, 2009
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