Photo Essay – Artistic Response to the Farmers’ Protest 2020-21 – Anju Bala

Spring 2022 Abstract Artists are an inseparable part of society. They tend to express emotions through different genres of art, such as painting, sculpture, art installation, cartooning and digital art to name a few. I witnessed this kind of artistic expression during the recently concluded farmers protest in India. Artists played an important role in … Read more

Book Review: The Last Queen – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Spring 2022 Book Review: The Last Queen – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s latest novel The Last Queen (2021) depicts the turbulent life of Maharani Jind Kaur (c.1817-1863), Queen Regent of the Sikh Empire (1843-1846). Narrated chronologically, it offers a fictional representation of Rani Jindan’s childhood, her courtship and marriage to Maharaja Ranjit Singh … Read more