Category Poetry
By- Ernest Flanagan Who killed Gauri Lankesh? And got away scot free? Two bike bourne assailants, somehow affliated to the BJP? Shooting a helpless woman, what message does it send? If you go against the establishment, this will be… Continue Reading →
Zee News fined Rs one lakh for labelling scientist and poet Gauhar Raza labelled as ‘anti national ‘
Mr. Gauhar Raza, an eminent scientist and poet, was maligned, defamed and hate engineered against him by the malicious, concocted and motivated news telecast carried by Zee News in March, 2016. Mr. Raza was branded as a part of an… Continue Reading →
The popularity of “mission singing” and Chamar songs in recent times, in response and retaliation to Jatt pop music, in Punjab harks to the larger caste conundrum of the region and its complex historical location as a frontier society. The… Continue Reading →
Bastar And who are you? Asks, she, in Gondi What do you want? She doesn’t trust Outsiders like me Who smile in Hindi And scowl in English That night The hills echoed a Dorli song About Jal, Jangal, Zameen… Continue Reading →
by Ananya Guha It is learnt that the latest wrath has fallen upon Rabindranath Tagore and by who else but by lacqueys of the powers that be. It is both not surprising and surprising as well. One felt that a… Continue Reading →
by Darab Farooqui मेरे कुछ बुरे दिन तुम्हारे पास पड़े है – 2 भाईचारे से कुछ भीगे दिन रखे हैं और मेरे इक आह में लिपटी आस पड़ी है वो आस भुला दो, मेरा वो सामान लौटा दो – 2 मेरे… Continue Reading →
Meghnad Bose “Iss zulm mein jo khamosh rahe, Zaalim bhi wahi, qatil bhi wahi” Twenty-three-year-old Sabika Naqvi is reciting a poem in protest against mob lynching in the middle of Connaught Place, New Delhi. “Those who stay silent are oppressors… Continue Reading →
In four years, Rekhta has become the largest online repository for Urdu poetry and literature in the world, says Veenu Sandhu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The lawns of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in Delhi were choc-a-bloc over… Continue Reading →
Khoon Mein Dooba, Ang Ka Paikar Dekha Hai,. Zakhmi Zakhmi Ek Kabutar Dekha Hai,.Jalti Haweli Jalta Chapar Dekha Hai,. Haan Maine Gujrat Ka Manzar Dekha Hai,. Naam Mera Mazloom Hai, Main Ek Lardki Hoon,. Jo Dekha Hai Maine, Wo Batlaati… Continue Reading →
Freedom Song Written by Chandan Haygunde | Note of protest: Ramesh Gaichor (left) and Sagar Gorkhe of Kabir Kala Manch. (Photo: Sandeep Daundkar) On a drum is written, in a bright red font, the story that Ramesh Gaichor, 32, and… Continue Reading →