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A character in the novel remarks, at one point, that “Being a modern Indian is hard work.” In this excerpt, the protagonist of The Cosmopolitans considers one part of the challenge.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><div class="read-more"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/being-modern-indian-hard-work-excerpt-cosmopolitans">Read More</a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-blog-slug-value"> <span class="field-content">Questions</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/disappointment-hope-deadly-electoral-fortunes-sudhir-kakar" class="blog-title">The disappointment of hope is often deadly to electoral fortunes: An interview with Sudhir Kakar</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story-created">By <span class="by"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/12902">Nikhil Pandhi</a></span> | <span class="date-display-single">21 August 2015</span></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/disappointment-hope-deadly-electoral-fortunes-sudhir-kakar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-feature/sudhir-kakar_the-devil-take-love_vantage_the-caravan-magazine_21-august-2015_0.png" alt="" title="" width="440" height="440" class="imagecache imagecache-blog-feature imagecache-default imagecache-blog-feature_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data-1"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/disappointment-hope-deadly-electoral-fortunes-sudhir-kakar" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_twitter_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/disappointment-hope-deadly-electoral-fortunes-sudhir-kakar" displaytext="Tweet"></span>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/disappointment-hope-deadly-electoral-fortunes-sudhir-kakar"></g:plusone> <div class="print-email"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/print/5589">Print</a>|<a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/printmail/5589">E-Mail</a></div></div> <script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'8014eb0d-feae-4f08-9056-b8b78a153569'});</script></span> </div> <div class="views-field-teaser"> <div class="field-content">A distinguished psychoanalyst who is celebrated for both his craft and his writing, Sudhir Kakar recently published his new novel The Devil Take Love. 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In The Devil Take Love, he chronicles the travails of the Sanskrit poet, Bhartrihari, known for his grammatical works and aphoristic poetry incorporating three principal themes: shringara, vairagya and niti—love, dispassion and morality.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><div class="read-more"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/disappointment-hope-deadly-electoral-fortunes-sudhir-kakar">Read More</a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-blog-slug-value"> <span class="field-content">Media Watch</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp" class="blog-title">Why is Firstpost Being Asked to Refrain from Criticising Three Top Leaders from the BJP?</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story-created">By <span class="by"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/485">ATUL DEV</a></span> | <span class="date-display-single">20 August 2015</span></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-feature/first-post_vantage_the-caravan-magazine_20-august-2015_0.png" alt="" title="" width="630" height="336" class="imagecache imagecache-blog-feature imagecache-default imagecache-blog-feature_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data-1"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_twitter_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp" displaytext="Tweet"></span>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp"></g:plusone> <div class="print-email"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/print/5588">Print</a>|<a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/printmail/5588">E-Mail</a></div></div> <script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'8014eb0d-feae-4f08-9056-b8b78a153569'});</script></span> </div> <div class="views-field-teaser"> <div class="field-content">On 21 July 2015, R Jagannathan, the editor-in-chief of Firstpost—an Indian news website that comes under the Reliance Industries-owned media conglomerate: the Network18 group—published an opinion piece on the digital platform.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><div class="read-more"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp">Read More</a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-blog-slug-value"> <span class="field-content">FROM THE ARCHIVES</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/sanjiv-bhatt-ips-officer-gujarat-sacked-yesterday-modis-role-attack-gulburg-society" class="blog-title">Sanjiv Bhatt, the IPS Officer from Gujarat who was Sacked Yesterday, on Modi's Role in the Attack on Gulburg Society</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story-created">By <span class="by"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/143">VINOD K. JOSE</a></span> | <span class="date-display-single">20 August 2015</span></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/sanjiv-bhatt-ips-officer-gujarat-sacked-yesterday-modis-role-attack-gulburg-society"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-feature/ap0203010657_0.jpg" alt="" title="" width="630" height="403" class="imagecache imagecache-blog-feature imagecache-default imagecache-blog-feature_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data-1"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/unending-fallout-unilever-thermometer-factory-kodaikanal" class="blog-title">The Unending Fallout of Unilever’s Thermometer Factory in Kodaikanal</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story-created">By <span class="by"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/485">ATUL DEV</a></span> | <span class="date-display-single">18 August 2015</span></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/unending-fallout-unilever-thermometer-factory-kodaikanal"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-feature/kodaikanal_mercury-poisoning_vantage_the-caravan-magazine_13-august-2015_0.png" alt="" title="" width="630" height="420" 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The conglomerate was allegedly keen on investing in one of Modi’s pet projects: the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a national campaign by the government of India that aims to provide 4041 statutory towns with health and sanitation facilities.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><div class="read-more"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/unending-fallout-unilever-thermometer-factory-kodaikanal">Read More</a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-blog-slug-value"> <span class="field-content">Counterpoint</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/india-historical-project-failure-imagination" class="blog-title">India as a historical project: A failure of the imagination</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story-created">By <span class="by"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/307">HARTOSH SINGH BAL</a></span> | <span class="date-display-single">15 August 2015</span></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/india-historical-project-failure-imagination"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-feature/textbook-in-history-class-xii_vantage_the-caravan-magazine_15-august-2015_0.png" alt="" title="" width="333" height="440" class="imagecache imagecache-blog-feature imagecache-default imagecache-blog-feature_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data-1"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/india-historical-project-failure-imagination" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_twitter_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/india-historical-project-failure-imagination" displaytext="Tweet"></span>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/india-historical-project-failure-imagination"></g:plusone> <div class="print-email"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/print/5584">Print</a>|<a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/printmail/5584">E-Mail</a></div></div> <script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'8014eb0d-feae-4f08-9056-b8b78a153569'});</script></span> </div> <div class="views-field-teaser"> <div class="field-content">Nations are defined by a shared sense of history; republics are defined by a shared sense of values. This vital distinction is often lost when liberals, conservatives and radicals—whether Sanghis or Marxists—turn the debate over the idea of India into a battle over history.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><div class="read-more"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/india-historical-project-failure-imagination">Read More</a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-blog-slug-value"> <span class="field-content">FROM THE ARCHIVES</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/question-who-truly-freed-india" class="blog-title">The Question of Who Truly Freed India</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story-created">By <span class="by"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/13653">Vishwa Nath</a></span> | <span class="date-display-single">15 August 2015</span></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/question-who-truly-freed-india"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-feature/india-independence_vantage_the-caravan-magazine_13-august-2015_0.png" alt="" title="" width="630" height="407" class="imagecache imagecache-blog-feature imagecache-default imagecache-blog-feature_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data-1"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/question-who-truly-freed-india" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_twitter_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/question-who-truly-freed-india" displaytext="Tweet"></span>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/question-who-truly-freed-india"></g:plusone> <div class="print-email"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/print/5582">Print</a>|<a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/printmail/5582">E-Mail</a></div></div> <script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'8014eb0d-feae-4f08-9056-b8b78a153569'});</script></span> </div> <div class="views-field-teaser"> <div class="field-content">In September 1947, barely a month after India became independent from British rule, Vishwa Nath, the founding editor of the Delhi Press—that originally launched The Caravan in 1940—wrote a scathing editorial about the culture of public memory surrounding colonial rule in India. Although this was a time that was largely characterised by the triumph of independence, it was also replete with uncertainty around the ability of Indians to govern themselves.</div> </div> <div class="views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><div class="read-more"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/question-who-truly-freed-india">Read More</a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-blog-slug-value"> <span class="field-content">The IIPM lawsuit</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/supreme-court-calls-iipm-rs-50-crore-suit-against-caravan-bogus-transfers-it-delhi" class="blog-title">The Supreme Court calls IIPM’s Rs 50-crore suit against The Caravan “bogus,” transfers it to Delhi</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data-1"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/supreme-court-calls-iipm-rs-50-crore-suit-against-caravan-bogus-transfers-it-delhi" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_twitter_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/supreme-court-calls-iipm-rs-50-crore-suit-against-caravan-bogus-transfers-it-delhi" displaytext="Tweet"></span>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/supreme-court-calls-iipm-rs-50-crore-suit-against-caravan-bogus-transfers-it-delhi"></g:plusone> <div class="print-email"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/print/5579">Print</a>|<a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/printmail/5579">E-Mail</a></div></div> <script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'8014eb0d-feae-4f08-9056-b8b78a153569'});</script></span> </div> <div class="views-field-teaser"> <div class="field-content">A case filed against The Caravan by Arindam Chaudhuri’s Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) and one Kishorendu Gupta was yesterday shifted from the trial court at Silchar, Assam, to the Delhi High Court. While delivering the order on the matter, which has been pending in the Supreme Court for four years, Justice Madan B Lokur, who was hearing the case, along with Justice RK Agarwal, described IIPM’s suit as “bogus litigation.”</div> </div> <div class="views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><div class="read-more"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/supreme-court-calls-iipm-rs-50-crore-suit-against-caravan-bogus-transfers-it-delhi">Read More</a></div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-blog-slug-value"> <span class="field-content">Questions</span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/right-wing-resentment-was-always-seething-below-surface-interview-dhritiman-chaterji" class="blog-title">“Right-wing resentment was always seething below the surface”: An Interview with Dhritiman Chaterji</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-dop-value"> <span class="field-content"><div class="story-created">By <span class="by"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/profile/676">Monobina Gupta</a></span> | <span class="date-display-single">12 August 2015</span></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/right-wing-resentment-was-always-seething-below-surface-interview-dhritiman-chaterji"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-feature/dhritiman-chatterjee_ftii_vantage_the-caravan-magazine_12-august-2015_0.png" alt="" title="" width="630" height="418" class="imagecache imagecache-blog-feature imagecache-default imagecache-blog-feature_default"/></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-blog-feature-data-1"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-phpcode-1"> <span class="field-content"><div class="share-with"> <span class="st_facebook_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/right-wing-resentment-was-always-seething-below-surface-interview-dhritiman-chaterji" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_twitter_hcount" st_url="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/right-wing-resentment-was-always-seething-below-surface-interview-dhritiman-chaterji" displaytext="Tweet"></span>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <g:plusone href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/right-wing-resentment-was-always-seething-below-surface-interview-dhritiman-chaterji"></g:plusone> <div class="print-email"><a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/print/5578">Print</a>|<a href="/web/20150823072022/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/printmail/5578">E-Mail</a></div></div> <script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=false;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150823072022js_/http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'8014eb0d-feae-4f08-9056-b8b78a153569'});</script></span> </div> <div class="views-field-teaser"> <div class="field-content">   On 10 June 2015, the Information & Broadcasting Ministry appointed actor-turned-politician Gajendra Singh Chauhan as the chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). 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