What do you do, when choice you make lead you into traumatic emotional conflicts? What do you do, when you find yourself robbed of humanity in the course of the war you’re waging for your country? …
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Another year has gone by and a new year is before us. As old times end and new times come we remember, we cherish, we repent and we hope for a better year ahead. Sometimes though …
Last week we saw ‘The Great Derangement’ of our times (to paraphrase Amitav Ghosh) on the issue of environment when world’s most prosperous and supposedly most modern economy reneged on its commitment towards climate change. India, …
In every culture, there are heroes, mythical figures, divine beings who inform the collective conscience of the nation and represent its ‘civilizational values’. Lord Ram and Krishna though considered divine reincarnation of God are also the …
Unwrapping a painting, capturing it into your eyes, dissecting it stroke by stroke, colour by colour, every inch of the canvas – reading Derek Walcott’s poems is a lingering joy. No wonder, his early ambition and …
Ghalib is to Urdu, what Shakespeare is to English! He is without doubt the most influential and most popular Urdu Shayar and perhaps one of the most important writer of last 500 years in India. कह्ते …
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