Inside Marcuse's head Colin Todhunter argues that Marcuse's analysis of society is still relevant, even if his remedies are somewhat outdated.
A fading hero? T R Thiagarajan laments that Shakespeare is
considered passe in some circles today and maintains that English owes much to the Bard of Avon.
'Leaf' it alone M Bhaktavatsala shares a love-hate relationship
with a Javanica tree. Here he recounts the story of its fight for survival against all odds.
SIXTH SENSE
Fate foretold Had that mad man saying, Iyyangar amma, Raghu saar amma a full two years prior to my marriagehe intuitively known that I was destined to marry an Iyyangar boy and that his name was Raghu?
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
