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‘On Friday night you stole away the life of an exceptional being, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hatred Continue reading “You won’t have my hate”: Helen Mual’s husband tells ISIS
Sur suri ye chai hai…sudap sudap ke pee Le gaye kharid ke wo ghar se roshni Humne na baval kiya, na koi sawal kiya Biath ke lihaf mein re thodi…thodi thohdi chai pee Sur suri …sur suri…. Desh inke baap ka hai…chahe jo karein Chahe jisko thok dalein…jail bhej dein Raja jee ke logon ne to rotiyon ko noch daala Junglon ko bech ke zameen … Continue reading CHAI PAR CHARCHA: “Sur Suri si chai hai Surup Surup key pee” – We sipped tea while they took the lights away from our homes!
National awards have always meant a lot to me. They were more precious than International awards and awards from private institutions precisely they represented those rare moments when the Government of India became willing to uphold the spirit of our secular, socialist and democratic Constitution. Today this spirit is evaporating. Our nation is at a crossroads. On one side is the secular path that our … Continue reading With a heavy heart I am returning my very first National award – Anand Patwardhan
Dear Pepsi, I am sure you’re aware that students of FTII have been on strike for over 125 days. They’re protesting the appointments of 5 members to the FTII society. Given the times we live in, many would agree they’ve put up quite a courageous fight. They’ve braved threats, intimidation, slander campaigns and even shameless mid night arrests of some students leading the strike. Students … Continue reading An Open Letter to Pepsi – Nakul Singh Sawhney
खुल गई नाव घिर आई संझा, सूरज डूबा सागर-तीरे। धुंधले पड़ते से जल-पंछी भर धीरज से मूक लगे मंडराने, सूना तारा उगा चमक कर साथी लगा बुलाने। तब फिर सिहरी हवा लहरियाँ काँपीं तब फिर मूर्छित व्यथा विदा की जागी धीरे-धीरे। स्वेज अदन (जहाज में), 5 फरवरी, 1956 Continue reading खुल गई नाव – अज्ञेय
As India basks under the glory of unchecked hate-crimes, it is time to remember the lines of Pakistani female poet Fahmida Riaz, who warned about such scenario long ago. The video of Fahmia Riaz herself reciting this poem can be seen below: तुम बिल्कुल हम जैसे निकले तुम बिल्कुल हम जैसे निकले अब तक कहां छुपे थे भाई? वह मूरखता, वह घामड़पन जिसमें हमने सदी … Continue reading Turned out you were just like us: Fahmida Riaz tells Indians
Protesting what she called a “vicious assault” on “India’s culture of diversity and debate” and questioning the silence of the Prime Minister on “this reign of terror”, including the lynching last week of a man in Dadri over rumours of beef consumption, writer Nayantara Sahgal said on Tuesday she was returning her Sahitya Akademi award. Ashok Vajpeyi, former chairperson of the Lalit Kala Akademi, also … Continue reading Of all dissenters who now live in fear and uncertainty, I am returning my Sahitya Akademi Award – Nayantara Sahgal
एक लम्बी यात्रा की संक्षिप्त कथा 1989 में दरभंगा से जब दिल्ली के लिए रवाना होने की तयारी कर रहे थे, मन में तब भी यह बात थी कि लौटकर यहीं आना है। पिछले 26 सालों में जब भी रात दो रात के लिए, गांव आना हुआ, यही लगा कि अपनी खोई हुई दुनिया में फिर से लौट आया हूँ। कबीर को दरभंगा -ब्रह्मपुरा कभी … Continue reading एक लम्बी यात्रा की संक्षिप्त कथा – Shyam Anand Jha
He looked rather like this, 68 years ago, to his assassin. He looked straight into his eyes, quite exactly like this. Gandhi was walking, of course, not standing. And he walked straight into those three bullets. He embraced those darts, he did. With the might of his pain for others, the depth of his faith in God, he hugged them. He had fought for years … Continue reading Gandhi did not dream of India that was rich or powerful, but of an India that was fair and just
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