COVER STORY
Love’s signs are everywhere and nowhere in particular, something that evades the grasp every time one may try to hold it dear.
Outlook Magazine - 21 February 2024
Love, Virtually
From the mid-19th century, socialist and communist ideals stormed Europe and America with many radical ideas involving not only the mode of production and ownership but also love and sex.
The Bhakti poetry is not dewy-eyed infatuation. This is a scorching, all-consuming desire that cauterises, purifies and eventually illuminates every crevice of human consciousness.
When it comes to prevention and action against sexual abuse, virtual reality (VR) presents a complex landscape and there is a pressing need for a legal framework that considers the unique aspects of the metaverse.
I didn’t create an idealised image in my mind, but allowed impressions to unfold naturally.
While efforts by dating apps to not let caste take over one’s choice of ‘right-swiping’ are considered a step in the right direction, users feel that those who prioritise caste identity have ways to figure it out.
In Raimundas’ Paper Exhibition, objects and speakers are freed of conventional roles and given room to reimagine the world
The Tirukkural, the highly regarded 2000-year-old text composed by the Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar, has three parts. Each kural in the book has two lines: the first consists of four feet, and the second, three. Meena Kandasamy’s feminist translation of the third part of the Tirukkural carries powerful messages about female sexuality, agency and desire
I wonder what will become of my beloved books and driftwood art after me. The thought of them being neglected or thrown away gives me jitters; more than the fear of death itself
A will is a love letter. A place of hope. A will is also an archive of longings
From the mid-19th century, socialist and communist ideals stormed Europe and America with many radical ideas involving not only the mode of production and ownership but also love and sex.
The Bhakti poetry is not dewy-eyed infatuation. This is a scorching, all-consuming desire that cauterises, purifies and eventually illuminates every crevice of human consciousness.
When it comes to prevention and action against sexual abuse, virtual reality (VR) presents a complex landscape and there is a pressing need for a legal framework that considers the unique aspects of the metaverse.
I didn’t create an idealised image in my mind, but allowed impressions to unfold naturally.
While efforts by dating apps to not let caste take over one’s choice of ‘right-swiping’ are considered a step in the right direction, users feel that those who prioritise caste identity have ways to figure it out.
In Raimundas’ Paper Exhibition, objects and speakers are freed of conventional roles and given room to reimagine the world
The Tirukkural, the highly regarded 2000-year-old text composed by the Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar, has three parts. Each kural in the book has two lines: the first consists of four feet, and the second, three. Meena Kandasamy’s feminist translation of the third part of the Tirukkural carries powerful messages about female sexuality, agency and desire
I wonder what will become of my beloved books and driftwood art after me. The thought of them being neglected or thrown away gives me jitters; more than the fear of death itself
A will is a love letter. A place of hope. A will is also an archive of longings
OTHER STORIES
Love can come knocking at any age, and the lonely elderly are embracing it wholeheartedly
The story of a sex worker in her mid-20s from Sonagachi, Kolkata
The film is about today’s youngsters and the smartphone—so many apps to chat, to share, to make friends, and yet such lonely lives
While navigating the chaotic world of modern dating seems impossible, ‘rent-a-boyfriend’ and ‘dating surrogate’ services offer to keep you company—in exchange for a fee
Vampires and zombies have no respite. Their search for connection continues for centuries. And then there is unrequited love—an ache that smoulders for a lifetime
The strategy deployed by Hemant Soren to counter the recent high-voltage political drama and crisis in Jharkhand has stumped the BJP
Ladakh’s long-standing demand for Sixth Schedule status and statehood has reached a tipping point
Raghunath Khanolkar, fondly called ‘Tatya’, was a keen amateur photographer. He began with a vintage box camera, moved on to a Roliflex twin-lens, and then to a Pentax SLR camera. From among thousands of negatives found in three briefcases belonging to his friends, family, and famous personalities, a selection of Tatya’s photographs are featured here.
It isn’t just the erasure of the body that women artists’ artworks highlight at the India Art Fair. Some of them tackle questions of economic and political erasure as well.
Echoes of the ongoing conflicts and travesties found a way through to some sessions at the Jaipur Literature Festival, but these were few and far between, and seemed muffled.
Bishwadeep Moitra writes about the cultural and culinary landscape of Kolkata in January when the city is awash with cultural events and is a foodie's delight.
