Freedom

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Freedom

Motherland's inaugural "Freedom" issue explores different interpretations and ideas pertaining to liberation, in today's contemporary India.

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In our inaugural issue, we begin with a humorous piece which looks inwards, at the Indian proclivity towards exhibiting freedom (or anarchy?) on airplanes. Then we turn to the freedom of and from the "self" as recounted by a former disciple of the mystic and guru Osho. A piece on the proliferation of the all-seeing mechanical eye, closed-circuit television (CCTV) uncovers the implications of its expansion across Indian soil. An exploration of the two-wheeler, namely the TVS Scooty, reveals how it has liberated woman in rural India. We are also taken away from India for a moment by novelist Tishani Doshi, whose travels to Antarctica reveals how this frozen land is inextricably linked to use all. Delving into freedom of a very personal kind, is an article on the changing fate of the homosexual community in Delhi as well as one which sketches the lives of young Tibetan exiles. Other articles, including a Hindi story on the freedom enabled by saying "na!" as well as a photo essay by Bharat Sikka, expound on the different ways in which freedom plays out in India today.

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