Feudalism

For a man of letters that he was and, later, also one dealing with the moving images, ones introduction to Girish Karnad happened ironically through the sound waves - a radio adaptation of his play, Hayavadana, by the All India Radio with Kulbhushan Kharbanda…

Girish Karnad passed away on Monday. He was 81. (Express archive photo) In 1970, a Kannada film named Samskara came out after a long struggle with the censors. Its stance against age-old Brahmin preserves and deep-seated conservatism was so bold and radical …

Darning mushroom? Who even knows what that is anymore? Mine is of green-painted wood, worn smooth, but how does this quaint anachronism relate to a developing eco-cultural movement spearheaded by car clubs and petrolheads? And what does it mean for my aging i…

Its about time that taxpayers demand the old boring state slogan, Illinois: Land of Lincoln, be changed. Immediately. Yes Land of Lincoln had a good run, but Lincoln was a Republican and Republicans flee as did terrified refugees of old before Genghis Khan. …

What do the crimes of a Navy SEAL tell us about U.S. military culture? Sawek Blich ▪ June 6, 2019 Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher in Iraq in 2017 (courtesy photo via Navy Times) Read this interview in Polish here. In early May 2017,…

A Wednesday email from Tradition, Family and Property Vice President John Horvat arrived with the subject line, This is NOT sodomite Pride Month. As Right Wing Watch noted last year of the ultra-traditionalist Catholic TFP: TFPs leaders have fought against …

“Narcotic: drug that produces analgesia (pain relief), narcosis (state of stupor or sleep), and addiction (physical dependence on the drug). In some people narcotics also produce euphoria (a feeling of great elation).”Romanticism is a philosophical movement o…

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Countrywide carnival to give the public more awareness of China's historical achievements As the birthplace of porcelain, paper-cutting, shadow play, embroidery and countless other innovations, China is to celebrate its 14th Cultural and Natural Heritage Da…

Corruption, it increasingly appears, is inseparable from authoritarianism. It's not just that people who run or are willing to join would-be autocratic regimes lack any kind of ethical principle. It's that the money greases the wheels of the machine. Vladimir…