Manohar Shetty

Jul 24, 2024 | thehindu.com | Manohar Shetty

In her new collection Wild Women, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam delves deep into the far past, discovering some hitherto unknown subcontinental poets, mostly sacred and divine. The volume is divided into three parts — ‘Mystics, Seekers, and Devotees’; ‘Women as Protagonists’; and ‘Goddesses’ — and Subramaniam traverses these different worlds with dexterity. Putting together the work of multiple translators must have been quite a task; over 20 are featured in the book.

Feb 8, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | K. Srilata |Manohar Shetty |C.P. Chandrasekhar |Vivek Narayanan

In her sixth book of poetry, K. Srilata, a former professor of literature at IIT Madras, interweaves family, history, and contemporary times. It is mainly about “three women used to small places”—the poet herself, her mother, and her grandmother, who live in a single-room home:the three of us,rough diamonds stuckin mines that ran too deepto catch the light. Three Women in a Single Room HouseBy K.

Feb 7, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Suwa Lal Jangu |R. Ramachandran |Govind Krishnan V |Manohar Shetty

The India-Myanmar border is witnessing unrest on both sides: in Myanmar, ethnic communities are fighting for their civil and political rights and a democratic government, while on the Indian side, ethnic communities are fighting for the protection of their sociocultural and economic rights. The porous border between the two nations is at the root of the ongoing ethnic conflict in Manipur, and the illegal activities, including smuggling, going on there.

Feb 7, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | R.K. Radhakrishnan |Vaishna Roy |Manohar Shetty |Suwa Lal Jangu

Every Saturday, Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, who is from the All India N.R. Congress (AINRC), visits the Appa Paithiyasamy temple next to JIPMER hospital, engages in a deep conversation with God, meditates, and serves food to about 300 people. Over the many years that he has been in and out of power, Rangasamy, the longest serving Chief Minister of Puducherry, has been insistent that he adhere to this ritual. All else, however important, will have to wait during those three hours.

Feb 7, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | R.K. Radhakrishnan |Vaishna Roy |Manohar Shetty |Suwa Lal Jangu

“It was a massive procession with chants of Jai Shri Ram. But I did not participate in it,” said a resident of Nanganallur, a Chennai suburb. He was referring to a procession along the streets of the suburb after the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. “I have never seen such a huge procession in this area before,” he said, using Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shri Ram interchangeably when describing the fervour and the party associated with it.