Monthly Archives: February 2014

An Ice Age for Indian scholarship

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006:
These are lonely times for scholarship in India.Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti( SBAS) has claimed yet another scalp in the form of the withdrawal of Wendy Doniger’s book ‘The Hindus:An alternative history’ by…

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Rethinking Global Food Security

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
At the World Economic Forum, held in Davos in January 2014, experts on food security, Ellen Kullman, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont; Michel M.…

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St. Valentine and the History of Romance

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Outside The Lines:
Valentine’s Day greetings come in many shapes and sizes. On February 14, people in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France and Australia can be found expressing their affection by sending cards,…

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Efforts to save the endangered oral traditions of Rajasthan: Vishesh Kothari

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006:
Guest Post by VISHESH KOTHARI Medieval feudal social systems and attitudes in Rajasthan persisted until very recently. This, and perhaps a host of other reasons, allowed several aspects of culture to remain preserved…