Tasveer Ghar: Politics of Posture and Sartorial Sagacity:

Politics of Posture and Sartorial Sagacity:: The Construction of Ascetic Masculinity in Vivekananda’s Photographs and Posters
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Comment By Email Comment Date Narayan Hore 23/10/2019 01:32:09 Insightful set of Observations. Wish we could talk about why Vivekananda was fulfilling a Hindu's fulfilment of all four broad Virtues: that of an ascetic, a warrior, the successful moral merchant and the nondescript ordinary at the same time. Sourav Roy will.get.back@gmail.com 28/07/2018 11:27:35 Enjoyed reading the essay. Full of minute and sharp observations. Fig. 23 also reminded me a certain observation by Ashis Lahiri in his book (http://www.rubanshop.com/book/Swami-Vivekananda-O-Bharoter-Secular-Vivek/TWpreE9TTWpJeU14). Apparently Ramakrishna Mission has a few photographs of Swami Vivekananda in his advanced stage of illness (Diabetes and Gangrene induced from it, among other ailments ). They show him in a terrible, swollen, wizened state. They don't allow any circulation of those photographs, of course. Namrata Ganneri 02/07/2018 09:04:31 Enjoyed the piece and the photographs. Thank you.