A flower grew on tropical soil its petals waxen white, its centre crimson; the people knelt and smelt her intoxicating fragrance and then felt mysteriously—free.
Soon the flower was transplanted onto yonder shores, it blossomed, sprouted limbs, swaying in the wind, it breathed the breeze of liberty.
One day, the flower returned; striking her original soil her colours ignited; from her petals crimson rose enflamed: ‘even the searing heat cannot erase the blood on the street.’
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June 30, 2007
Mainstream, VOL XLV, No 28, New Delhi, June 30, 2007
Enough is Enough !
ASH NARAIN ROY
– Left and Right during New Cold War in Europe
BHARAT DOGRA
– WTO, Governments and People’s Movements
Remembering N.C. on his Ninth Death Anniversary
Reproduction of Articles on N.C. by
– S. VISWAM, P.C. JOSHI, LALIT UNIYAL
K. S. Subramanian reviews Nandita Haksar’s
– Framing Geelani, Hanging Afzal : Patriotism in the Time of Terror
SAGARI CHHABRA
– The Speaking Flower
FROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
– THE STORY OF A GADFLY
Mainstream Weekly