Image Courtesy: The Covai Post As a student of history, I have been interested in the devadasi system in general and its relevance in the genealogy of contemporary Indian classical dance forms in particular. In my opinion, existing approaches and appraisals fail to adequately historicise the evolution of these dance forms. It is only when … Continue reading Temple Intrigues and Classical Dances: Historicizing the Devadasi System—Arnaaz Zaman
Category: Aesthetics
Politics, Spaces, and Aesthetics: Some Thoughts on the Genre of Protest Music—Debayan Das
Courtesy: The Whiskey Farm's 'Songs of Resistance' Album As Rancière said, “everything in politics turns on the distribution of spaces... political action always acts upon the social as the litigious distribution of places and roles.” But re-figuring of space, particularly physical space, is difficult in many orientalist nations, like India and Japan. This can be … Continue reading Politics, Spaces, and Aesthetics: Some Thoughts on the Genre of Protest Music—Debayan Das
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