Category: Arts and Modeling

• Gorky in the lower depths of mother Russia

  Maxim Gorky was arguably the most famous writer in the world at the turn of the 20th century. His novel Mother inspired millions of workers for generations. His play The Lower Depths, was among the first plays to detail the lives of the lower classes in a very realistic, unromantic manner.  But Gorky is now more or less…

  rrameez

  February 25, 2014

  Arts and Modeling, Political Science

  1905, 1917, Bolshevism, Lenin, Maxim Gorky, Russian Revolution, Socialist realism, Stalin, Trotsky

• Dilip Kumar: The Chekhovian Amateur who redefined acting

  

  Anton Chekhov revolutionized modern playwriting and short stories. And he is one my favorite writers. Thus, I remember being confused when I first read that Hemingway had said the following about him: “Chekhov wrote about 6 good stories. But he was an amateur writer”. I have never quite been able to understand why Hemingway called…

  rrameez

  December 10, 2013

  Arts and Modeling

  Al Pacino, Amir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Chekhov, Dilip Kumar, Irrfan Khan, Lagaan, Marlon Brando, Method Acting, Naseeruddin Shah, Naya Daur, Robert Deniro, Shahrukh Khan, Stella Adler

• The Ghost of Bob Dylan: On the two models of poetry

  I remember I first listened to Bob Dylan’s songs back in 2004 when I was studying in the small town of Colchester (the oldest town, and the first capital of Britain). I found myself relating to his songs in a way that I had never related to music before. The combination of his powerful lyrics…

  rrameez

  May 26, 2013

  Arts and Modeling

  antiwar, Art for art’s sake, Bob Dylan, civil rights, Faiz, Iqbal, Joan Baez, Obama, Pablo Neruda, Poetry, Protest poetry, revolution, Sahir, sixties, The Ghost of Bob Dylan

• Re-Modeling Iqbal: Why Iqbal is too important to be given up!

  

  Dr Muhammad Iqbal wrote one of the major national songs of India, has been declared the national poet of Pakistan, and served as one of the intellectual influences for Iran’s  revolutionaries. However, over the last few years, there has been an ever-growing allergy towards Iqbal among the liberal sections of Pakistan Iqbal is presently claimed…

  rrameez

  May 11, 2013

  Arts and Modeling

  9/11, British Empire, Faiz, Imperialism, Indian, Iqbal, Iran, Muhammad Iqbal, Mullah, Pakistan, Poetry, Religious Fanaticism, Sir Syed, Stalin