Aseem Mahajan



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Let Them Eat Cake

Aseem Mahajan

The Culture Issue — Dec 1, 2005

IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood. No archer ever lived that could speed a gray goose shaft with such ...

Rauschenberg’s “Combines”

Aseem Mahajan

Was Bicker Worth It? — Feb 9, 2006

When asked how he maintains his creative process, the artist Robert Rauschenberg, 81, says that he trusts in his materials without relying on the comfort of sureness and certainty. “Sometimes,” he continues, “Jack Daniels helps too.”
It doesn’t come as a surprise that Robert Rauschenberg—Bob, as he calls ...

In Defense of Country Music

Aseem Mahajan

the apologist issue — Apr 13, 2006

I am from Texas and I like country music. At Princeton, though, I have struggled to understand why people hate it so much. My friends have gone to disturbing lengths to relate country music to racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance, the South’s low education rates, and raging bestiality in ...