Articles by Damodar Prasad
Liberal public intellectual who wrote realist fiction
Mario Vargas Llosa, a Nobel laureate, evolved from Marxism to liberalism, critiquing socialism and exploring political themes in his fiction.
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 08:48 PM IST
Anora an exposition of unyielding class divide
The Oscar Best Picture this year is a carefully crafted depiction of the deeper class tensions of American society
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 09:21 AM IST
Ismail Kadare: A different dissident
Although Ismail Kadare belongs to the illustrious group of dissidents and critics of an omnipotent State, he also seems to differ from them in his relationship with power and in the way his stories are organised
Published on Jul 06, 2024 09:31 PM IST
Anna Magdalena’s years of solitude in Gabo’s voice
Until August renders us the mystery of vanishing memory and Marquez’s tremendous power of imagination overwhelming it.
Published on Mar 23, 2024 09:50 PM IST
Free speech on OTT: A Kerala model for films
The Kerala government's C-Space platform needs to be envisioned as a public OTT rather than government owned.
Published on Feb 19, 2024 08:12 AM IST
Prophet Song holds a mirror to new Europe
Prophet Song captures the inherent anxieties of European nations experiencing inner turmoil during the Russia-Ukraine war and an economy in a downward spiral.
Published on Dec 02, 2023 12:30 AM IST