A call has gone up: India must learn to be self-sufficient. It must be a tribute to our sansculottes That they are…
No country that I know installs as many women as goddesses and deities as we do in India, that is Bharat. And,…
The real test of leadership has, however, always been how they choose to meet national exigencies that tend to be born of divisive perceptions and prejudices—times when bringing about national unity is of utmost importance and far harder to obtain
I see a flaming firmament descend An arms-length from the earth; I see a world in shards and cinders, As it might…
Where were the birds who are back, Singing a recovered symphony That repairs time’s mortal lack Of notes in human cacophony? …
A new building doesn’t make sense if it houses leaders who continue to use colonial-era laws that trample on our fundamental rights
It is Labour Day— So the sansculottes are made To pay for returning home From official lockdown In unwanted city and town.…
Look inside, look inside, the Savants Say; outside all is dross. But looking inside is, more often than not, Just another case…
I see my Bulbul once again, Perched on my mohter’s palm, Picking from between her yielding fingers Seeds of rice and gram.…
A complete abrogation of democracy and an unconscionable suppression of civil and democratic rights? A terminal alienation of the people from the republic and its purported vision?
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