Hope Redefined

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From Patna to Detroit (A true lifelong migration)

The night of 20th August 1947, which witnessed violent flames holding her family until they resolved into ashes. Her baba, amma, bhayya, apya, were burnt

Puppetry Through the Ages

Over the years, puppetry has developed into a powerful medium of communication as it offers a real challenge to the imagination of viewers and creative

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy

Blasphemy to me is the domain of a different mind, of a brave person (or a foolish one) but someone who definitely swims against the

Agha* Ki Khidmat MaiN

agha shahid ali

Which am I, truly?

To lose one's ethnic character while struggling to fit into a new home is an experience shared by many immigrants. 'It's a sense of compression,'

Translation: Two Poems of Mirabai

Mirabai was a 16th century mystical poetess. The object of her devotional poetry is the Hindu Lord Krishna.

From Israel With Love...

I Pleasantly Stumble Upon Chowk

The day’s journey just done, I click my way home.

Remembering Old Clifton Top

Qasim Bagh, anybody? With all the sounds of gunfire and deafening crescendo of siren wails??!!

The Deal--a Satire

You have ruled long enough,
Oh, dear Supreme Spirit
Of Evil and Unrighteousness
You have done enough harm

Get off her back…

We elect leaders; it is our job to tell them how they must run this country, to ask inconvenient questions. Arundhati Roy has done this

Blowing in the Wind

Some wounds that bleed within..
...the dormant, healing scars.

The Psychology of Mothering

It is interesting that as our culture is changing and many women are reluctant to take on motherly duties, more men are becoming motherly and

Farewell

Now, I sit alone; a broken man
Wanting you back in my life again
O’! How much I long to hold

Deserts Are My Abode

Visit an uncompromising and majestic place. You may become a frequenter.