There is a word no longer heard,
No longer in the human mind;
As life moves its epistemes,
Words get left behind.
There is comfort, there is fun,
Skill, show, applause;
But lack of meat at the heart of these,
Like the thinnest gauze.
The next (...)
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There is a Word No Longer Heard
20 October 2019, by Badri Raina -
Square
20 October 2019Life seems to be a straight line
endlessly elongating;
a time comes when it bends,
shaping into a big square.
The square gets small, smaller;
you shuffle within its confines.
The sensory world closes in,
marking your appointed place.
But mind (...) -
Scenario in India and Beyond
13 October 2019POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
While one positive development in the overall national political scenario is the belated decision of the Bihar Police to close the sedition case against 49 leading intellectuals and film personalities for signing an open (...) -
JP: Some Reflections
13 October 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
[by] Analyst
On the occasion of Jayaprakash Narayan’s 117th birth anniversary on October 11, 2019 we are carrying the following piece written by N.C. under the pseudonym ‘Analyst’ after JP passed away on October 8, 1979. (...) -
Why Malayalam Outclasses Hindi
13 October 2019, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
I am convinced that Malayalam should be declared the national language of India. Of the many reasons, consider just two. It is a universal language spoken all over the globe and in outer space; who doesn’t know that when Neil (...) -
Holding Kashmir to Ransom
13 October 2019by M.A. Sofi
Far from the ruse of development or ‘main-streaming’ Kashmir as the stated purpose behind repealing Article 370, all that it is meant and intended to achieve is to advance an agenda that seeks to promote the persona of Modi and his (...) -
Playing Diaspora Diplomacy: Profits and Pitfalls
13 October 2019by L.K. Sharma
Howdy, Modi, the Houston extravaganza, was part of the Prime Minister’s mission to involve the Hindu diaspora in India’s domestic politics. This time, he went further by inducting himself into America’s domestic politics. Modi (...) -
Women of the World Stand with Kashmir, Stand with the Women of Kashmir
13 October 2019The following is a statement of solidarity with the women of Kashmir issued by women of all countries including India as well as national and international women’s organisations.
On August 30, 2019, the United Nations’ International Day of the (...) -
Remembering Vidyasagar on his 200th Birthday
13 October 2019by Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bandopadhyay), the doyen or our 19th Century Bengali Renaissance, was born in a dark period of the early 19th Century, on September 26, 1820, in a remote village of Medinipur district, 84 kms (...) -
Envisioning Gandhi in Draft New Education Policy in India
13 October 2019by D.M. Diwakar
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The Census of India 2011 suggests that about 30 per cent of the population is below 15 years. The United Nations Population Division’s report projection suggests that the youth population in India will be 34.46 per cent (...)
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