The Scarlet Letters

A short list of Indian period dramas

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 03:49:32 -0500

THE BALLADS OF LAVENDER BLUE Prologue Where death holds life in...

Sat, 23 Dec 2017 03:18:33 -0500

Prologue Where death holds life in grim embrace its line etched on the sinner’s face; where e’er the march of time is flaunted…

DEATH, THRICE OVER. The grandfather clock chimes anciently over...

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 01:39:20 -0400

DEATH, THRICE OVER.

The grandfather clock chimes anciently over the incessant patter of the teardrops streaming down the blushing cheeks of heaven.

DOODLES IN ROSOGOLLA

Wed, 17 May 2017 13:06:01 -0400

My way of celebrating birthdays. So many happy returns of the day, “Goodnight: Count Sheep”! And this is also a revenge post. I have included here the sights, and senses of everything you hate aka Bengali. And I have also included “10 Reasons why” you should ‘like’ what you hate. You just have to read in between the lines. And exercise “Delayed Gratification”. So, lets try?

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BABU, বিলাস & BENGAL

Thu, 04 May 2017 11:30:52 -0400

BABU, বিলাস & BENGAL

The Bangali Babu & his representations in the contemporary accounts of 19th century Bengal
Abstract:Rituparno Ghosh’s movie Antarmahal: Views of the Inner Chamber has a scene, where a zamindar’s wife inquires of him about the “new perfume” he is sporting, as it is different from the one he has applied before “going out”. The zamindar smugly replies – “You go out with one fragrance, and return…

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THE HYSTERICAL CENSOR & THE HISTORICAL CELLULOID

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:39:00 -0400

THE HYSTERICAL CENSOR & THE HISTORICAL CELLULOID

Examining the social censorship of the Mughal Period Dramas[1]
Abstract: India has a controversial censor board, infamous for its obstruction to artistic productions that are injurious to social imagination. A genre beloved of its frequent criticism is historical fiction on screen; and for ages since the inception of this genre, films like Anarkali, Mughal – E – Azam, Taj Mahal, Jodhaa Akbar, Ra…

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THE DIARY IDEAL

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:50:36 -0400

Examining the “Ideological Rebellion” in the diaries of two teenagers who lived during the Holocaust.
Abstract:Emma Goldman has said, “If I can’t dance to it, then it’s not my revolution”. Revolutions have diverse origins, forms, and manifestations – all chartered on the face of earth by any human hand, which is able to afford ink and paper. The present paper seeks to locate the sense and…

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ANOTHER CEMETERY CONVERSATION

Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:19:23 -0400

An Old Keeper’s tale on a February Dusk
He placed the unflattering ‘silver’ platter of insistent tea and the unmistakable leri biscoot atop the moth-eaten table. Beside me, my brother looked uneasily at the lime painted walls of the concrete shack; no doubt, his mind enthusiastically wondering to the Gangajaalwaiting impatiently to cleanse us a few blocks down the road. The room had…

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HOOTOM PENCHAR NAKSHA

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:28:35 -0500

HOOTOM PENCHAR NAKSHA

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:05:23 -0500

Examining the Oral Traditions from Colonial Calcutta
Abstract: Fanny Parkes famously wrote of her Calcutta sojourn – “How much there is to delight the eye in this bright beautiful world!” This is the observation of a memsahib witnessing an infant presidency flourish in front of her very eyes, and little realizing that she would be a parcel of an ever – turning tide of fusion that would go on to…

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HOOTOM PENCHAR NAKSHA

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:05:23 -0500

Examining the Oral Traditions from Colonial Calcutta
Abstract: Fanny Parkes famously wrote of her Calcutta sojourn – “How much there is to delight the eye in this bright beautiful world!” This is the observation of a memsahib witnessing an infant presidency flourish in front of her very eyes, and little realizing that she would be a parcel of an ever – turning tide of fusion that would go on to…

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HOOTOM PENCHAR NAKSHA

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:05:22 -0500

Examining the Oral Traditions from Colonial Calcutta
Abstract: Fanny Parkes famously wrote of her Calcutta sojourn – “How much there is to delight the eye in this bright beautiful world!” This is the observation of a memsahib witnessing an infant presidency flourish in front of her very eyes, and little realizing that she would be a parcel of an ever – turning tide of fusion that would go on to…

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