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Tree of Hope, Partition Museum, Amritsar
Psyche and Society
February 7, 2024

Inter-Community Relations: Psychoanalytical explorations

Tree of Hope, Partition Museum, Amritsar https://www.partitionmuseum.org/ (Retrieved May 7th, 2022)  “It has no other end in view than to throw light on things by tracing what is manifest back…
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Psyche and Society
May 12, 2022

Historical trauma, mourning and majoritarianism: Psycho-social explorations

Mourning is commonly associated with death of a near and dear loved one. Apathy, a turning away from the outer world, lack of interest in activities un-connected with the loved…
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Psyche and Society
October 2, 2019

Gandhi’s odyssey of ends and means as a guiding force – His example could guide us on how to acknowledge and take charge of our ‘bad’ selves

In a world full of inequality and injustice, there has been a constant striving for a more egalitarian and just order. Crucial to the question of efforts at a better…
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Psyche and Society
July 29, 2019

HOW HATE WORKS – REVIEW OF BOOK ANATOMY OF HATE BY REVATI LAUL

Commenting on the performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Gujarat State Assembly elections in December 2017, where the incumbent party had barely managed a majority, journalist Revati…
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Psyche and Society
December 11, 2017

Psychoanalysis and Hindustani Classical Music: Resonances

PSYCHOANALYSIS AND HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC: RESONANCES By Rakesh Shukla In tune with the Indian way of story- telling of connecting with the past and much of psychoanalytical writings, let us…
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Psyche and Society
November 9, 2017

Azim Premji University Colloquium Series: “The Lure of Fascism: Agonies and Delights”

Azim Premji University Colloquium Series “The Lure of Fascism: Agonies and Delights” By Rakesh Shukla Watch the live broadcast of the talk by clicking http://lectures.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/. It can be accessed from Android…
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Psyche and Society
April 12, 2016

Beef, Murderous Rage, Public Lynching: A Look under the Surface

The rumours of beef being eaten, the murderous rage evoked and the public lynching in September 2015 of 58 year old Muslim man Aqlakh in Bisada village next to New…
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Psyche and Society
June 10, 2015

Sex workers: repositories of the ‘bad’?

The recent proposal by the Chairperson of India’s National Commission of Women to legalise sex work in India has sparked of a debate around the polarizing subject of prostitution. Sex…
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Psyche and Society
October 30, 2014

The Murderous Rage of the Ordinary – A Perspective from India

The myth that psychopaths and sociopaths are out there in slums, ghettos and mental asylums stands shattered by the frequent reports of brutal torture of maids and domestic servants in…
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