Marcus Rediker
September 2007
This year and the next mark an important historical anniversary: Two centuries ago, both the United States and Great Britain abolished the African slave trade.
By the time they did, the trade had carried 9 million Africans to New World plantations, where they would live under the lash and produce the largest planned accumulation [...]
Archive for the ‘Special Feature’ Category
Slavery: A Shark’s Perspective
Posted in Special Feature, tagged article, ex nihilo, Marcus Rediker on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tales of the Blue-Eyed Boy: An Interview with Amyt Dutta
Posted in Special Feature, tagged Amyt Dutta, ex nihilo, interview, Special Feature on June 15, 2008 | 11 Comments »
By Priyanka Roy
Photographs by Saptarshi Chakraborty
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Walking into his house on a rainy Wednesday afternoon, I was greeted by a rather sullen Amyt’da – unshaven, dressed in a pale tee-shirt, his voice sounding hoarse and worn-down, and his eyes slightly unfocused. He had evidently not been keeping well, because the Amyt’da we students and hundreds of [...]
A Noise that Resounds: An inside look into the Blank Noise Project
Posted in Special Feature, tagged Blank Noise, ex nihilo, Special Feature on April 1, 2008 | 7 Comments »
By Saptarshi Chakraborty
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Rajnandini Ghosh, 21, looks a little lost as she stands waiting with a host of unknown faces in front of the New Empire Cinema, Calcutta. This is going to be the first time she will be a part of a something called a Blank Noise intervention. Yes, she believes ‘eve-teasing’ is a crime. [...]
On Indians Writing in English and Suchlike: An Interview with Amit Chaudhuri
Posted in Special Feature, tagged Amit Chaudhuri, ex nihilo, interview, Special Feature on March 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
By Reeti Roy
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What kind of books did you read as a child?
I read comic books, mainly the American ones, Goldkey, Marvel – the ones that involved superheroes. Ritchie Rich and Tintin were absolutely favourites. When I started school at Cathedral (Bombay) I knew only Bengali, because it was the only language that my mother [...]
Creating a Dream: An Interview with Tim Supple
Posted in Special Feature, tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, ex nihilo, interview, tim supple on February 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
By Monidipa Mondal
Photographs by Saptarshi Chakraborty
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If there is a theatre director at the moment who can afford to be proud, it has to be Tim Supple. Yet moving around the second-floor balcony of Kala Mandir on a sunny winter afternoon, as the crowds mill in after [...]
Bleata Bleatrix
Posted in Special Feature, tagged ex nihilo, rimi b. chatterjee, short story on January 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Rimi B. Chatterjee
There was once a god, and he had three sons. The eldest son was a farmer, and tended the land. The second was a warrior, and kept the land safe. The third sat around making up stuff and clowning, and everyone called him a lazy brute.
The three sons were to be married off, [...]
