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The Classroom as a Battleground: Teachers as State-Builders

By Narendra Pachkhédé "The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality” — Mahmoud Darwish In the dusty classrooms of Gaza during the 1920s, an unassuming act of defiance unfolded—a quiet yet profound rebellion that spoke to the paradoxes of colonial rule, the audacity of educators, and the fragile scaffolding…

ByNarendra PachkhédéJanuary 28, 20250Comments

Poetry POLITICS Reviews

On Palestine And Narrative: We are in a new territory

“Gaza does not propel people to cool contemplation; rather, she propels them to erupt and collide with the truth.” — Mahmoud Darwish, Silence for Gaza (1973) Recognizing the Stranger - On Palestine and Narrative, a slim volume of 80-odd pages brings together Isabella Hammad’s the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture delivered at Columbia University nine…

ByNarendra PachkhédéDecember 28, 20240Comments

Deb’s Dos Passos Echo: Tracing India’s Descent

Book Review "Democracy evolves where freedom is able to determine its own policy" — John Dos Passos, The Ground We Stand On, 1941 Siddhartha Deb's Twilight Prisoners: The Rise of the Hindu Right and The Fall of India, published by Haymarket Books in 2024, is an urgent, incisive exploration of India's socio-political transformation under…

ByNarendra PachkhédéNovember 23, 20240Comments

ART POLITICS Reviews

Didactics of Art Dictators: Notes on the Art Criticism of Quddus Mirza on the work of Imran Hunzai

Apropos of the article ‘Of guns and roses’ by Quddus Mirza published in The News on Sunday (September 3, 2017). The article was a review of paintings of Imran Hunzai exhibited under the title “Laminated Souls” at O Art Space, Lahore in August, 2017. Quddus Mirza is a renowned art critic, and his affiliation with…

ByAziz Ali DadFebruary 9, 20240Comments

Zahid Mayo: The Painter of the Subaltern.

REVIEW OF ZAHID MAYO EXHIBITION AT SANAT GALLERY, KARACHI. (to view images: click here) I see Zahid Mayo as an artist of the subaltern. He is not their spokesperson but he senses them and is able to register that sense on canvas. This is his, almost unique, success among contemporary artists. I recall in my first visit to Zahid's studio about four…

ByQalandar Bux MemonFebruary 9, 20240Comments