Author: Article 19
-
Conference 2018 | Panel 1 | Locating the Lyrical: Subjugated Knowledges in Music
Read more: Conference 2018 | Panel 1 | Locating the Lyrical: Subjugated Knowledges in MusicThe first day of the DoHSS Annual Conference 2018 saw a very interesting and engaging panel discussion centered on the theme, “Subjugated Knowledges in Music”. The panelists were Christy Kuruvilla Thomas from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, Ekata Lahiri and Ishita Sharma from TISS Hyderabad, and Monika Yadav from IIT Bombay. The session was moderated by…
2–3 minutes -
Interview with A.V Dharmakrishnan, CEO of Ramco
Read more: Interview with A.V Dharmakrishnan, CEO of RamcoShweta Venkatesh and Abhinand Shankar in conversation with A.V Dharmakrishnan, CEO of The Ramco Cements. The man across the table listens to us seriously as we ask him the question every interviewer unfailingly does and smiles a small smile. He hands us a magazine – ‘The CEO Magazine’ – turned open at a leaf titled…
5–7 minutes
-
Conference 2018 | Poor Stories: Poverty, the Humanities and Yash Chopra’s Deewar | Professor Shankar S.
Read more: Conference 2018 | Poor Stories: Poverty, the Humanities and Yash Chopra’s Deewar | Professor Shankar S.The second day of the Annual Academic Conference, 2018 began on the 2nd of February, in good spirits, after a successful Inaugural Ceremony the previous day. The first keynote lecture was by Professor S Shankar, Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Professor Shankar’s talk revolved around the…
5–7 minutes -
Conference 2018 | Inaugural | The Thumri Orchard – Vidya Shah
Read more: Conference 2018 | Inaugural | The Thumri Orchard – Vidya ShahArtists are often a forgotten lot; more so if they are practitioners of the classical. This year again the Union budget had no mention of art or culture. Even our census puts down all artists under the category ‘others’; a skewed view, and unfortunate. Vidya Shah, delivering the second inaugural lecture-demonstration at the HSS Conference,…
5–7 minutes -
Conference 2018 | Inaugural | Singing on the Razor’s Edge – Lakshmi Sreeram
Read more: Conference 2018 | Inaugural | Singing on the Razor’s Edge – Lakshmi SreeramOur story begins on the 1st of February 2018, at 5.45 PM (although it was scheduled to begin a good fifteen minutes earlier). It was a colourful evening with ladies in gracefully draped sarees and men in elegant kurtas, exchanging excited chit-chat over cups of coffee and tea. The stage was set. It was the…
4–6 minutes
-
Cricket Team Preview | HS16
Read more: Cricket Team Preview | HS16Biyas Muhammed writes on the prospects of the second year (HS16) team for the forthcoming Prem Ranjan Memorial Cricket Tournament. HS16 : A TEAM LET DOWN BY INCONSISTENT BOWLING Captain: Libin John In the last year’s Prem Ranjan Tournament, the run rate conceded by the HS16 team reads 13.62 in contrast to the tournament run…
3–4 minutes
-
R&D Lecture | Through the Prism of ‘Standpoint’ – Revisiting the Indian Debate on Theory and Experience: A Lecture | Sasheej Hegde
Read more: R&D Lecture | Through the Prism of ‘Standpoint’ – Revisiting the Indian Debate on Theory and Experience: A Lecture | Sasheej HegdeNote from the editors: Our correspondent was asked to write a report on the lecture, but somewhere along the line, this becomes a commentary. The views expressed in this article are the author’s. INTRODUCTION AND SOME CONTEXT As students of the humanities and social sciences, epistemology is of special relevance to us. Understanding what constitutes…
9–13 minutes
-
R&D Lecture | Global Comparative Municipal E-Governance: Factors and Trends | Aroon Manoharan
Read more: R&D Lecture | Global Comparative Municipal E-Governance: Factors and Trends | Aroon ManoharanAs part of R & D Lecture Series organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Aroon Manoharan, an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, delivered a lecture on the contemporary global e-governance scenario, on the 18th of January. This was followed by a Q & A session. Prof. Binitha Thampi,…
2–3 minutes
-
Book Launch: 1-800-Worlds by Prof. Mathangi Krishnamurthy
Read more: Book Launch: 1-800-Worlds by Prof. Mathangi KrishnamurthyOn the evening of 23rd January, 2018, the IC&SR building was abuzz with energy and excitement. The high-spirited atmosphere was befitting of the event scheduled for that evening: Prof Mathangi Krishnamurthy was to launch her highly-anticipated book, ‘1-800-Worlds’. A product of her PhD dissertation, ‘1-800-Worlds’ is a work in ethnography that chronicles the experiences of…
3–5 minutes
-
The Pitch and the Pen | A Conversation with Gideon Haigh
Read more: The Pitch and the Pen | A Conversation with Gideon HaighOn the 30th of October, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences organised a lecture-cum-discussion with Gideon Haigh, Australian writer and cricket journalist. Haigh began with a short talk on what it takes to be a journalist. A lively discussion followed. Haigh called journalism ‘the first draft of history’. It is inherently perishable. He then…
3–4 minutes
Article 19 