Posted on 29/08/2022
Abstract
This paper-letter aims to sarcastically subvert the Hindutva perception of sexuality (act-pleasure-desire) in the context of Satyajit Ray’s depiction of the art of human intimacy. Though Hindutvavadins, the other Victorians, use the name of Ray for a film award, they even do not know the creative subtlety of Ray’s gaze. It is also to be noted that Ray himself had to change his representation of sexuality to accommodate the community standards of the Indian audience (Ray mentioned this type of constraint in many of his interviews). The colonized Hindutvavadins, are aping the Victorian standard of morality without keeping in mind the explicitly erotic temple architectures as well as sculptures spread throughout the South-Asian subcontinent.
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32332.69765
License: CC BY 4.0
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