Published : Aug 10, 2023 11:00 IST - 14 MINS READ In this article, I wish to draw attention to some of the recurring themes and motifs of Mrinal Sen’s diverse oeuvre. “The story of the mother who betrays her children in Calcutta ’71 is located within the vortex of multi-layered narratives, generated by referencing other films and texts, thereby …
Furrowed with deep gullies, its topsoil all but gone, this degraded patch of land near Odagaon in Odisha’s Nayagarh district was once a dense forest. “Policymakers and academics expressed doubt about traditional agriculture practices, saying theycannot produce enough food to meet the needs of our growing population,” says Radhamohan, who was Odisha’s first information commissioner. When they began scouting for …
