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The Mind Creative
of just drawing and illustrating. It
needs the ability to detect humour
in every situation. Together with
a short treatise on this form of
art, I have dedicated an article to
the life of Mario Miranda - the
amazing Indian cartoonist who
Of the many creative lives that have has influenced my work for the
been cut short, the most glaring last four decades.
example is the case of Alan Turing; a Also, this time around, I have
genius who died too young and with him three marvellous essays in The
possibly took a host of scientific and Essayist’s Corner, contributed by
mathematical possibilities. All because Sukumar Nayar, Razi Azmi and
of our penchant for homophobia. I have Anaita Sarkar, on poignant and
often asked myself this question: “Who thought provoking issues.
are we to judge others?” The answer
has often eluded me and the question I am indeed very happy to
has often landed me in social hot announce an exciting and unique
waters. However, social hot waters have initiative from the University of
hardly ever succeeded in scalding my Western Sydney called “Literary
perception of truth and hence I have Commons!” that will bring
dedicated the cover story to the life of together indigenous writers from
this amazing mind. Hopefully, I will live India and Australia (details
to see the light of the day when, as included in the News and Events
fellow human beings, we will collectively Corner) and one hopes that there
hang our heads in shame for what we is a greater proliferation of such
projects that allow literary
have inflicted upon others.
handshakes between cultures.
On a lighter note, sketching and
specifically cartooning has always been
my favourite pastime specially when I
Happy reading!!
need to turn away from music.
Cartooning and drawing caricatures is
serious business though, because it
calls upon a skill far greater than that
Have we often destroyed
creativity blinded by our
personal aversions, social
taboos and inhibitions? Yes,
we have and unfortunately,
more often than we think.
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