“Historically, there are hierarchies of purity. Certain aspects of poetry are very, very pure. The lyric poem can't be anything but the lyric poem.” CertainPureAspectPurityHierarchy Author:Vijay Seshadri
“We live in a trans period. Contemporary issues of sexuality, for example - the exciting aspects of them - have to do with transgenderedness. And there's trans-nationality. There are people like me, for example. I mean, what am I? Am I Indian? Am I American? And I'm not alone in being between things.” PeopleMeanIssuesExamplePeriodsAspectExcitingSexualityContemporaryLike MeIndianNot AloneNationalityTrans Author:Vijay Seshadri
“All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There's a science-fiction aspect to our contemporary life. What's virtual, what's real.” IdeasRealSeemsCoursesSocialFictionMediaIdentityFitAspectScience FictionSocial MediaContemporaryWonderlandContemporary Life Author:Vijay Seshadri