De-signing Imagi-nation

Akhar Bandyopadhyay 28th June, 2017 Abstract “De-signing Imagi-nation” is a video collage giving a glimpse into the forgotten contributions of the unsung patriots in designing the imagi-nation known as “India”, a geo-political entity. View it here: Acknowledgement: Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay

THE END OF HUMANS

Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay Akhar Bandyopadhyay Posted on 5th July, 2017 Updated on 6th January, 2022 Abstract “The End of Humans” is an attempt to restore Humanness, homo sapiens sapiens, species being, who is now being endangered by different manufactured conflicts for the benefit of market fundamentalism, often under the simulated garb of religious fundamentalism. How isContinue reading “THE END OF HUMANS”

Searching For Syncretism: Part II

Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay Akhar Bandyopadhyay DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17359.97447 LICENSE: CC BY 4.0 Abstract This video collage, in continuation of Part 1⤡, strives to highlight the syncretic features characteristic to the South East Asian Culture by highlighting the architecture of the Belur Math in West Bengal, originally planned by Swami Vivekananda himself and executed after his death byContinue reading “Searching For Syncretism: Part II”

Searching for Syncretism: Part I

Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay Akhar Bandyopadhyay 29th June, 2017 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10649.08800 LICENSE: CC BY 4.0 Abstract The Video Collage attempts to unearth the intricately embedded syncretic elements of the South-East Asian cultural milieu, now threatened due to the rise of exclusivist religious fundamentalism engineered by the fascist BJP and its associates like the RSS, by going throughContinue reading “Searching for Syncretism: Part I”

Indoctrinating Saffron Violence

Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay, Akhar Bandyopadhyay Posted on 29th June, 2017 Updated on 6th January, 2022 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22812.56965 LICENSE: CC BY 4.0 Abstract Here are some of the instances which show how the Sangh Parivar brainwashes its members. What is the way-out? May we foreground the syncretic attitude that is inherent in our subaltern consciousness? INDOCTRINATING SAFFRONContinue reading “Indoctrinating Saffron Violence”

CONVERGENCE TO PRAXIS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON SUFFERINGS: OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION

This journal tries to demolish the administrative boundaries of academic disciplinary technology by amalgamating all the so-called “subjects” by condemning the objectification, subjectification and subjection. It strives to reach the vanishing point of theory and praxis. Thus, instead of so-called “inter-disciplinary studies”, it emphasizes on the convergence of earthian knowledges and praxiologies. The journal attemptsContinue reading “CONVERGENCE TO PRAXIS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON SUFFERINGS: OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION”

Kissa Crony Ka (The Tale of Cronies): A Video Collage

Posted on 25 August, 2021 (IST: 12.o3) Debaprasad Bandyopadhyay Akhar Bandyopadhyay Kindly spend 28 minutes of your valuable time to watch the following video collage on the contemporary Indian politico-economic scenario. The video collage purports to show the moribund political economy of debt-ridden contemporary India under the religious extremist authoritarian regime. It attempts to focusContinue reading “Kissa Crony Ka (The Tale of Cronies): A Video Collage”

DEAR DHFL TEAM, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MAKING ANY DISBURSEMENT TO THE DHFL FD HOLDERS DUE TO PENDING ADJUDICATION (SUB JUDICE)

POSTED ON: 14th August, 2021 LAST UPDATED ON: 15th August, 2021 Being irritated by the repetitive mails and SMSs from Team DHFL for confirmation of our Bank details, we are regularly sending this letter by using different posters (all posters are available at: DIGITAL POSTCARD CAMPAIGN: #Save_DHFL_FD_NCD_Holders⤡; also see our Instagram handle, the posters areContinue reading “DEAR DHFL TEAM, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MAKING ANY DISBURSEMENT TO THE DHFL FD HOLDERS DUE TO PENDING ADJUDICATION (SUB JUDICE)”

I Witness: Partial Observation of the DHFL Scam by the victims [from their WOR(L)D WITHIN]: requesting for your kind advocacy: a letter to Mr. Kapil Sibal

Posted on 13/08/2021 To  Mr. Kapil Sibal,  The Honourable Member of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha Former Honourable Minister, The Ministry Of Science & Technology, The Ministry Of Human Resource Development, The Ministry Of Communications & IT, The Ministry Of Law & Justice Sub: I Witness: Partial Observation⤡ of the DHFL Scam by the victims (from their WOR(L)D WITHIN ⤡):Continue reading “I Witness: Partial Observation of the DHFL Scam by the victims [from their WOR(L)D WITHIN]: requesting for your kind advocacy: a letter to Mr. Kapil Sibal”

STOP PIRAMAL FROM OCCUPYING DHFL: ONLINE SELFIE CAMPAIGN

Posted on 12/08/2021 CAMPAIGN CONTEXT (AN OVERVIEW) Mr. Ajay Piramal, with the help of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)-appointed Committee of Creditors (CoC) for DHFL, is forcibly occupying the ongoing solvent company Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) by spending spending a single penny, while depriving the multitude of small FD, NCD and Shareholders. He, with theContinue reading “STOP PIRAMAL FROM OCCUPYING DHFL: ONLINE SELFIE CAMPAIGN”