Category Poetry
The Bullet Train By Aadhar No: 9876 5432 1001 By Aadhar No: 9876 5432 1001 The Shinkensan Model accelerates to 217 miles an hour, cutting journey time to 3 hours from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. Mukesh sings “ Meri gaadi… Continue Reading →
Begum Akhtar was influenced by the music of Chandra Bai, a theatre artist, at a very young age. She then went on to train under Sarangi exponent Ustad Imdad Khan. It is Begum Akhtar’s 103rd birthday today and Google has… Continue Reading →
Devyani Khobragade THE tragic stampede at Elphinstone station has shocked every citizen of this city and beyond. Several have even shared their stories of the Parel-Elphinstone area. Like Indian Foreign Services officer Devyani Khobragade, who studied medicine at the KEM… Continue Reading →
There are artists who take time to understand new media – sometimes even resist it. And then, there is Sir Tom Alter. (Photo Courtesy: Monica Dawar) Runa Mukherjee Parikh (The following piece is being republished to mark actor and writer Tom Alter’s… Continue Reading →
Ashish Chauhan| TNN | AHMEDABAD: `E rudi eni lekhan ni shu vaat, ena rang roop chhe namna re, Ambedkar laine kalam ne haath betha kayda ghadva re'(O beautiful, what I say about his writing and his delicate looks. Ambedkar took pen in… Continue Reading →
वो तुम्हे #गौमूत्र पर ले जाने की कोशिश करेगें, पर तुम #पेट्रोल पर अड़े रहना !! वो तुम्हे #हिन्दू_मुस्लिम पर ले जाने की कोशिश करेगें, तुम #जॉब_गैस_राशन पर अड़े रहना !! वो #मंदिर बनाने की बात करेगें, तुम… Continue Reading →
Sowmya Aji Poetry flowed like blood and tears -and “a waterfall of love” -on social media and at a rally in Bengaluru earlier this week to protest the murder of Gauri Lankesh I start, with a parched nib, What do… Continue Reading →
Narendra Kusnur MORE-IN These past few days, I have been on a Faiz Ahmed Faiz poetry trip. It all started after a few friends posted the legendary Pakistani poet’s work on Facebook following the Gauri Lankesh murder. “We need… Continue Reading →
Tell the killers to come out of hiding; there are more people to kill Every journalist is another Gauri, come on, there’s more blood to spill That pistol will not do this time, tell them to bring a… Continue Reading →
–कँवल भारती ये घर से बुलाकर नहीं कहते कि कपड़े उतारो, नहाओ, और गैस चेम्बर में जाओ । ये घर से बुलाकर, सड़क पर, सब्जी खरीदते, कहीं भी सीधे गोली मार देते हैं । अपने विरोधियों को मारकर जश्न मनाना… Continue Reading →