Hindustan Times
Since we have relegated the arduous task of thinking — that key determinant that differentiates man from beast — to our leaders, we need to accept its consequences as well. The Babasaheb Ambedkar controversy, conveniently aroused six decades after an innocuous cartoon (look carefully, it is clear that Jawaharlal Nehru is whipping the snail, not Ambedkar) was published, is really an investment in a future that says the following: if yesterday’s leaders are today’s gods, tomorrow’s gods will emerge out of today’s MPs. Read more
(12 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Filed under India, religion · Tagged Babasaheb Ambedkar, books, cartoon, controversy, Dalit, democracy, Gautam Chikermane, gods, India, Kapil Sibal, movie, MPs, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, NCERT, Parliament, politics
It is clear as daylight that the rising spirit of India is not acceptable to the archaic powers of this great nation. The smothering of humour by Mamata; of books, art and films by fundamentalists; of information by the government; of development by naxalites…all these are examples of a larger, darker force that’s seeking to crush the growing aspirations of India.
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(8 votes, average: 2.88 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged art, books, change, Cutting the Edge, entrepreneurs, films, fundamentalists, Gautam Chikermane, India, institutions, leaders, Mamata Banerjee, nation, naxalites, officials, people, spiritual transformation, transformation, West Bengal
Events have come and gone. So have ideas. And their authors. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Filed under India, religion · Tagged books, Cutting the Edge, Gautam Chikermane, Harry Potter, ht blogs, Lord of the Rings, religion, The Bible
What binds the business of skirts, shirts and stilettos with music, art and books? Does fashion have a philosophy vaster than offering cover, a politics beyond individual expression, an economics transcending consumer choice? How does it intersect with society, culture, law? Can its creations be protected?
The Law, Culture and Economics of Fashion, a recent paper by C. Scott Hemphill of Columbia and Jeannie Suk of Harvard, attempts to answer these questions. Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged books, consumer choice, economy, fashion, intellectual property, movies, music, piracy
