Achilles of the Intellect, however The money-lenders may pretend, Every word you wrote still remains wise To their perfidious argument. Your…
The honourable Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has ab initio rejected the motion for removal of the Chief Justice of India, signed by sixtyfour Members…
Of all the dreams I never thought I would dream this dream– Men in shining coats I saw, Imperially supreme. Graying…
Metaphors are cruel things, never easy to deploy. It will have to be said that the genius of deploying metaphors after all distinguishes a Shakespeare from an Amit Shah
Asifa, my child, I wish I was not writing about you But holding you to my chest. Asifa, I wish you were…
Let us understand that when we recommend that Muslim men jettison the skull cap and Muslim women the burqa, we are saying “why can’t a Muslim be more like a Hindu.”
You who are decreed to be invisible, Expiring dutifully in gutters, Keeping us clean without being seen, Making no claim to human…
The more the Left distances itself from efforts to construct a pan-Indian alternative to right-wing totalitarianism, the more vestigial it will become
When politics of the day do not enthuse, “Received wisdoms” find their use; Godmen in league with the State Underscore how all…
These are the Ides of March, A hint of Spring is in the air; An Easterly from Gorakhpur Sings “Tyranny’s end is…
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