Articles by Chintan Girish Modi
Review: 10 Indian Champions Who Are Fighting To Save the Planet by Bijal Vachharajani and Radha Rangarajan
A glowing tribute to the work of individual environmentalists and traditional communities that engage in conservation practices
Updated on Oct 16, 2020 04:50 PM IST
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Review: Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation by Annie Zaidi
An examination of the familiarity and estrangement, identity and confusion encapsulated in the idea of home
Updated on Oct 08, 2020 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Outrage; The Rise of Religious Offence in Contemporary South Asia edited by P Rollier, K Froystad, AE Ruud
Without reducing religious offence controversies to battles between tradition and modernity, or between faith and freedom of expression, a new book of essays looks at how struggles for power in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar are shaped by history
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 04:25 PM IST
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Essay: Maan, Firoz and queer love in A Suitable Boy
Though Vikram Seth’s novel and Mira Nair’s series based on it is mainly structured around matchmaking for Lata Mehra, there is a tender love story unfolding in the background between Maan and Firoz, which exists alongside their love for women
Updated on Sep 07, 2020 03:49 PM IST
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Essay: Free Speech or Hate Speech? The Curious Case of Bloomsbury India
Indian twitter is witnessing a pitched battle over the fate of the book Delhi Riots 2020 with followers of the Hindu Right accusing Indian Left Liberals of promoting cancel culture
Updated on Aug 24, 2020 03:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Chintan Girish Modi
Essay: A tribute to Ilina Sen
The author and activist seen through the eyes of her friends and co-travellers
Published on Aug 14, 2020 06:10 PM IST
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Essay: Vidya Balan’s Shakuntala Devi biopic suggests the genius lied about her husband’s sexuality to sell her book
Is this true and if it is, does it make the ‘human computer’ less of an LGBT ally?
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 12:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Chintan Girish Modi
Review: The World That Belongs To Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia edited by Aditi Angiras and Akhil Katyal
An ambitious undertaking, this anthology ensures that trans, non-binary, Dalit and Muslim voices, which are often marginalized in mainstream queer spaces, get to have their say
Updated on Jul 23, 2020 06:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Reel and the Real; Portrayal of Gay Men in Bollywood Films by Himadri Roy
Bollywood films have played a significant role in widening the discourse around gay rights in India
Updated on May 25, 2020 01:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Chintan Girish Modi
The solace of poetry on Easter during the pandemic
A meditation on how a poem by WB Yeats, written after WW1, acquires new life in these times of COVID-19
Updated on Apr 12, 2020 04:49 PM IST
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Reading Rilke in a difficult time
Great poetry leads the reader to fundamental truths. Reading Rilke during the lockdown has led Chintan Girish Modi to be patient amidst discomfort
Published on Apr 08, 2020 04:44 PM IST
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