Kamayani Kumar “Riots are an uncanny subversion of normalcy”[1] Riots create an uncanny experience because they involve a collapse of the familiar social structures, and the world feels alienated and hostile. This is especially true in the context of children. Most often, children emerge as the most invisible victims of riots, largely because of their … Continue reading Riots and Children: Warped Childhood
Two suicide poets and Children’s Literature
By Shreya Banerjee “Childhood is the geometric place of all nostalgias” -Jean-Claude Brisseau’s On Sunday Afternoon (1966) There are as many variations of childhood, as there are children in the world. A child’s orientation to their particular contexts are inflected upon by various social, political and economic factors. For instance, the boyhood/girlhood of a child … Continue reading Two suicide poets and Children’s Literature