Category Poetry
All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: August 03, 2014 Reuters Representational Image New Delhi: Almost 15 years after the Kandahar hijack, a bill to award the death penalty to hijackers is likely to be brought to Parliament soon. The bill would… Continue Reading →
An open letter in rap form to the so-called “revolutionaries” and Marxists who fight one form of oppression but continue to uphold other forms of oppression with their misogyny and homophobia. An Indo-German collaboration with production by the… Continue Reading →
पाकिस्तान के एक मशहूर शायर सलमान हैदर की एक कविता ‘मैं भी काफ़िर, तू भी काफ़िर” इन दिनों चर्चा का विषय बनी हुई है और पाकिस्तान में इस कविता पर विवाद भी हो रहा है। (न सिर्फ पाकिस्तान… Continue Reading →
Ram Puniyani The results of Parliamentary Elections are very interesting. With 31% vote share BJP-Modi won 282 Parliament seats, Congress with 19% vote share got 44 seats, BSP polled 4.1 percent of votes and drew a total blank,… Continue Reading →
Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave and eats a bread it does not harvest. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero,… Continue Reading →
Written by Dipti Nagpaul | Mumbai | May 13, 2014 3:54 am Mali’s wife Sheetal Sathe at the event on Monday. Members of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) Defence Committee on Monday launched a book of poetry by jailed KKM activist… Continue Reading →
photo courtesy: Gokry M. In one of the most memorable songs penned by Gulzar sahib i.e. Mera Kuch Saamaan the last stanza makes a mention about 116 moon lit nights (ek sau solah chaand ki raatein) that were spent together. Why… Continue Reading →
मेरा नाम मुसलमानों जैसा है मुझको क़त्ल करो और मेरे घर में आग लगा दो मेरे उस कमरे की इस्मत लूटो जिसमें मेरी बयाज़ें जाग रही हैं और मैं जिसमें तुलसी की रामायन से सरगोशी करके कालिदास के मेघदूत से… Continue Reading →
This is something just unheard of in the annals of Indian democracy. Even Indira Gandhi didn’t do it. Nor did Mamata or Jayalalitha. CNN-IBN | Apr 21, 2014 at 06:15pm BJP‘s prime ministerial candidate Modi has warned the Election Commission saying… Continue Reading →
When women come cheaper than cattle Danish Raza, Hindustan Times March 23, 2014 Rubina appears much older than the 40 years she admits to. She does not look you in the eye; she is hardly audible, and often trembles. Her… Continue Reading →