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I trust the soul of the nation to find tongue again, and, in simple but decisive syllables, say no to hate and bigotry, and yes to love and camaraderie
Badri Raina
Badri Raina is a well-known commentator on politics, culture and society. His columns on the Znet have a global following. Raina taught English literature at the University of Delhi for over four decades and is the author of the much acclaimed Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth. He has several collections of poems and translations. His writings have appeared in nearly all major English dailies and journals in India.
What human work may yield a fruit That outlasts hate, untruth, bigotry, if that work should issue from A soul in crooked jeopardy?
The fire and the hurricane— They rage from side to side; But the pang in the belly is a keener blaze, And…
With several eminent activists and academics named in the Delhi Police’s supplementary chargesheet, it is best to be told in black and white who may speak and who may not
After all, only that is dropped from parliamentary agenda which is inconsequential, like asking questions.
Badri Raina recollects events from 1989, when he was invited to speak to CPI(M) politburo members after criticising the party for supporting China’s assault on protesters at Tiananmen Square
O my Motherland, I bow to thee and do thee Obeisance. You are bountiful and caring; You make me survive Even when…
Though the Centre has attempted to equate them with the separatists, the region’s mainstream political leaders remain committed to the honourable politics of regaining lost constitutional guarantees
Mammon is much derided, But rules the world. Jesus pushes back a Sisyphus rock, If truth be told. Temples are built…
The party must recall that it was from such open and fiercely articulated internal debates that the Nehruvian line found its primacy