COVER STORY
ꦰ Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis faces tremendous challenges of managing competing interests and rising ambitions of allied partners
🐬 Outlook Magazine - 21 December 2024
An Uneasy Communion
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🦩 Poor performance of the BJP in the general elections in Maharashtra, the home ground of the RSS, was a wake-up call for the RSS and the VHP to work together for the consolidation of Hindu votes.
ꦆ The controversy over electoral votes apart, the Mahayuti won as it recalibrated with ground-level mobilisation, alarmed by the results of the Lok Sabha elections, while the Maha Vikas Aghadi lost due to its ‘business as usual’ attitude
ไ Hemant Soren may have won the election, but implementing his electoral promises will not be easy
♏ The domicile policy, the Sarna Dharma Code, land acquisition laws and the protection of tribal land rights are deeply interconnected with the identity and survival of Jharkhand’s indigenous population
🗹 But can their humble endeavours counter the narrative that the multi-crore Bollywood productions and the 24-hour news channels churn out?
⛎ Serendipity photos explore elements like proximity, similarity, intuition, direction and closure, among others
ꦆ Manikbabur Megh is an unusual love story about a man falling for a cloud. Amborish Roychoudhury discusses the process of Manikbabu’s creation with actor Chandan Sen and director Abhinandan Banerjee
♐ #traindiaries is a photo journal shot in the ladies coaches of Mumbai locals. It explores how women engage and familiarise themselves with spaces by building relationships with complete strangers
ꦕ The poet uses all the available arsenal in English to write the most anti-colonial poetry
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𝓡 Poor performance of the BJP in the general elections in Maharashtra, the home ground of the RSS, was a wake-up call for the RSS and the VHP to work together for the consolidation of Hindu votes.
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🦋 The controversy over electoral votes apart, the Mahayuti won as it recalibrated with ground-level mobilisation, alarmed by the results of the Lok Sabha elections, while the Maha Vikas Aghadi lost due to its ‘business as usual’ attitude
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ꦑ Hemant Soren may have won the election, but implementing his electoral promises will not be easy
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💎 The domicile policy, the Sarna Dharma Code, land acquisition laws and the protection of tribal land rights are deeply interconnected with the identity and survival of Jharkhand’s indigenous population
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꧟ But can their humble endeavours counter the narrative that the multi-crore Bollywood productions and the 24-hour news channels churn out?
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꧒ Serendipity photos explore elements like proximity, similarity, intuition, direction and closure, among others
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❀ Manikbabur Megh is an unusual love story about a man falling for a cloud. Amborish Roychoudhury discusses the process of Manikbabu’s creation with actor Chandan Sen and director Abhinandan Banerjee
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🐻 #traindiaries is a photo journal shot in the ladies coaches of Mumbai locals. It explores how women engage and familiarise themselves with spaces by building relationships with complete strangers
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🦄 The poet uses all the available arsenal in English to write the most anti-colonial poetry
OTHER STORIES
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🅠 The Big Book of Odia Literature is a groundbreaking work that provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the rich and varied literary traditions of Odisha
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🍌 A visit to Bangladesh in 2010 shaped the author’s novel, a sensitively sketched tale of migrants’ struggles
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In Payal Kapadia's "All We Imagine as Light", the poetic language of desire is taken to its roots, nourished by the only language it lives and understands: of hope and hopelessness.
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ไ A performance titled ‘A Streetcart Named Desire’, featuring Indian and international artists and performers, explored different desires through an unusual act on a full moon night at the Gwalior Fort
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🌳 Subbulakshmi means the world to those who understand and appreciate Indian classical music. Which is why when the renowned Carnatic singer T.M Krishna wrote an article in 2015 referring to Subbulakshmi as the ‘‘greatest hoax of the 20th century”, it was shocking for many.
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🅘 The Hindi-Urdu show Dastan-e-Ret Samadhi, performed at the recent Prithvi Theatre Festival in Mumbai is Based on Geetanjali Shree’s novel, Ret Samadhi, whose English translation, Tomb of Sand, won the International Booker prize in 2022
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All the instances in director Rajat Kapoor's and actor Vinay Pathak’s play—the stormy night scene, the father’s plea to his daughter, the brother complex—are from King Lear, only rendered differently
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