«Mémoires des futurs — Modernités Indiennes» (Memories of the Future —
Indian Modernity), curated by Catherine David at the Centre Pompidou, is a survey of the ways in which South Asian artists continue to be preoccupied with the modern subject.
As is evidenced by these shows, the question of
Indian modernity continues to engage the Indian and European imagination alike.
Not exact matches
Modern reformation movements in traditional
Indian religions especially the movements of Neo-Hinduism indicated the impact of
modernity on
Indian life at its religious level, and India's liberal democratic and leftist ideologies guiding the struggle for political independence and nation - building in independent India, indicate the assimilation of Enlightenment humanism at the ideological level, though qualified a great deal by the reformed religious view of Gandhism.
Faisal Devji is Reader in
Indian History at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, and the author of two books, Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality,
Modernity (Hurst, 2005), and The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics (Hurst, 2009).
Long drop corner, means hanky hem, shirt is amorous choice for
Indian girls who want
modernity flair into their desi look.
Infused with spirituality as well as heart - stopping action, this novel, set on a remote
Indian island, addresses issues of
modernity versus tradition as seen through the eyes of 15 - year - old Uido, her tribe's spiritual leader.
Recent group shows include Remix: New
Modernities in a Post
Indian World, Heard Museum, Phoenix Arizona, USA (2007) touring to National Museum of the American
Indian, New York, NY, USA; Crack the Sky, Montreal Biennale, Canada (2007); Re-thinking Nordic Colonialism, The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Finland (2006) and The American West, Compton Verney, UK (2005).
This manifests itself in different ways, whether it be the new temples of India (shopping malls) or in the clash between
Indian tradition and Western
modernity, exemplified, rather oddly by Rajasthani Rap and Techno Hindi.