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RIVER OF WOMEN by Tao Aimin
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HEGEL SPOKEN HERE or Why Germans Just Love to Tell You How Bad They’ve Been: a travel essay by David Kirby, with photos by Barbara Hamby
A New York friend was yanked to the ground not long ago by her Cairn terrier Henry and broke her wrist. That wouldn’t happen here in Berlin—well, it might, but it seems less likely, given the exemplary behavior of that city’s canines. Can a culture really be judged by the comportment of its dogs? On […]
WATER LANGUAGE by Tao Aimin
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BOOK OF WOMEN by Tao Aimin
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HIJROTIC: Towards a New Expression of Desire a critical introduction to Tejal Shah’s Hijra Fantasy Series by Subuhi Jiwani
I first ran into the word hijrotic while I was listening to Radio Mirchi and travelling on Mumbai’s Harbour Line. RJ Jeeturaj was hosting his regular morning show and, as I was to find out, interviewing the well-known hijra rights activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. Of the many things she said, this one word stuck with […]
NATURALISATION: exploring what it means to be British/Chinese by Anthony Key
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COMMUNIST LATENTO installation and text-based work from Raqs Media Collective
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LAID OPEN BETWEEN DESIRE AND DISGUST: Mithu Sen’s Threshold Poetics a critical introduction to Mithu Sen’s Half Full: Part II by Alexander Keefe
The she-ghouls have made bracelets from intestines and red lotus ornaments of women’s hands; have woven necklaces of human hearts and rouged themselves with blood in place of saffron. – Bhavabhuti Mithu Sen’s gallery show, Half Full: Part II, reads like a dance of the half dead, a cremation ground lyric, a glasshouse of […]
Rana Dasgupta interviewed by Maya Kóvskaya: CARBON The Residue of Life and Daydreams
Hailed by Salman Rushdie as “the most unexpected and original Indian writer of his generation,” critically acclaimed writer and artist Rana Dasgupta made his debut on the international cultural scene in 2005 with his first novel, Tokyo Cancelled. This “story cycle” of post-modern folktales explored the ruptures, dislocations, multiplicities, and yearnings of our globalized times, with […]
