Umar Nizar

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The curious case of Indian psychoanalysis

by rti_adminon February 11, 2017March 20, 20230

Umar Nizar Marxism has been critiqued variously for its occasional elitism and casteism. But the Freudian establishment in India, a flourishing one at that, has escaped criticism. Ashis Nandy, has so far been Indian psychoanalysis’ fall guy. He has managed to create controversies in virtually every public platform that was given to him. His antics …

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Poetry and Parochialism in Kerala: Sugathakumari opens a Pandora’s Box

by rti_adminon September 28, 2016March 20, 20231

Umar Nizar The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, in his customary impish fashion rephrases Heidegger’s oft-quoted dictum that ‘language is the house of being’ as ‘language is the torture-house of being.’ For him there is no genocide without poetry. Sugathakumari, a major Malayalam poet, and winner of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, …