The Film Sufi

Yasujiro Ozu’s penultimate film, The End of Summer ( Kohayagawa-ke No Aki , 1961),  had several similarities with his previous work, La...

There are two religious streams – call them, “Religion 1" and “Religion 2".  Many severe problems of the world have arisen from m...

William Dalrymple, a British historian specializing in the history and cultures of South Asia and the Middle East and one of my favourite...

Perhaps Francois Truffaut’s most memorable film was Jules and Jim ( Jules et Jim , 1962).  It was the third feature film for the 29-...

The word ‘evil’ comes up constantly in our social discourse  – not only in ordinary conversation but also in the remarks made by cultural...