Vamsee Juluri

Jan 14, 2025 | indianexpress.com | Vamsee Juluri

Family and friends around the world watch the news and remember us, asking if we are safe. And we, in turn, remember friends closer to the fires. We are packed and ready to evacuate, they say. This state of readiness and helplessness is now a part of life here. It is always the smell that warns us first, just as it had for our ancestors. Sometimes a hint of woody smoke, like a religious ceremony. Sometimes, a nasty hint of burnt plastic. Once, in September 2020, the sky stayed dark all day.

Dec 12, 2024 | indianexpress.com | Vamsee Juluri

But there is, of course, a difference between generic manufacturing and cultural production. As one of my professors proposed during my doctoral exams, the question of what distinguishes the political-economy of say, a shoe, is quite different from that of culture. It is in this vein that those involved with the WAVES conferences might wish to consider the incredible global opportunity that lies before them.

Oct 7, 2024 | indianexpress.com | Vamsee Juluri

The explosion of emotional and political energy over the sacred Tirupati laddu cannot be reduced to any one of the experiences that constitute the reality that is Hindu fury today. Like Garuda’s wings unfurling from underneath the weight of onerous shackles, smashing them to shards and bits of contemptible redundancy, Hindu feelings are rising to the skies. Manifesting them, beyond the rallies and the politics, is a grand gallery of gestures.

Aug 23, 2024 | indianexpress.com | Vamsee Juluri

Harris has been consistently described as an amazingly competent and compassionate human being by colleagues, family, and friends for the past few days. Personal testimonies have poured forth from people who knew her from the beginnings of her public life as San Francisco District Attorney, California Attorney General, Senator, and recently, as the US Vice President.

Jun 12, 2024 | indianexpress.com | Vamsee Juluri

Chandrababu Naidu’s return as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh with the support of the charismatic Pawan Kalyan (founder of the Jana Sena Party and Deputy Chief Minister) and the BJP is important not just in political or economic terms, but for what they could do together to make India, once again, a cultural pathfinder for the world.