As Covid-19 social distancing distorts social bonds, revisiting Durkheim’s theory of suicide

The French sociologist proposed a correlation between social pathology and suicide. Does it have relevance in locked-down India?

Dev Pathak

· Jun 18, 2020 · 11:30 am

Who is the hero in Bangladesh’s history, asks a play under threat of censorship

‘Crutch’er Colonel’ asks questions about Bangladesh’s celebrated historical icons.

Dev Pathak

· Jun 01, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Why a Sri Lankan artist’s redrawn maps are gaining ardent admirers in India

Pala Pothupitiye’s alternative cartographies articulate memory and its erasure.

Dev Pathak

· May 02, 2017 · 03:30 pm

The India Art Fair promised to champion South Asian art – but did it really?

Next year, organisers might want to spend a little more time on the ideational process.

Dev Pathak

· Feb 06, 2017 · 03:30 pm

The story of a Sri Lankan woodcarver who became a prisoner and a political artist

Koralegedara Pushpakumara disturbs the notions of history, politics and art in his rendering of Sri Lanka.

Dev Pathak

· Nov 03, 2016 · 06:30 am