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Translation: On Dalit Movement by K. Balagopal
Translation: It is unsure how much the Dalit movement has taught the communists, but it was a significant loss for the Dalit movement to have borrowed the idea from communists that political mobilisation can be a solution for all the problems. Dalit leaders attribute this idea to Ambedkar, but even though he was of the…
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Sonia Gandhi: A Force to Reckon With
Looking at Sonia Gandhi leading rallies in various states for the Congress party in recent days and the aura she has over the crowd reminded me of some things I read about her back in 2014 before Modi became Prime Minister in the book India’s Broken Tryst written by Tavleen Singh. Tavleen Singh is close…
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My birth is fatal
My birth is fatal. Is it really one? Not because I am an illegitimate child Not because I was born a diseased or torso Not because of any reason you can possibly think Or I have thought till today. But today, I realized my birth is fatal because ‘You are not a born Hindu You…
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Translation: Savitri (Poem by Santakumari)
“Savitri!” “Yama Dharmaraja!” “I am delighted by your truthfulness… Make a wish It will be granted” “Grant the liberation for women Swamy!” “Aha! Impossible! Except that Ask for another wish” “Destroy the male dominance Swamy!” “You feeble one, suffering from tuberculosis, Forgetting that even I am a man You are trying to insult me! But…
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Ranajit Guha: A Tribute
Ranajit Guha breathed his last on 28th April 2023 at Vienna Woods in Austria. Indisputably, he was the greatest historian of the past century, and his passing away is an intimate loss to the field of social sciences. Guha was born on 23rd May 1922, in Siddhakati village of Bakarganj district, now in Bangladesh. He was…
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Translation: To Be Born Again (Malli Puttani by M.M. Keeravaani)
Rising like waves in a roaring sea,my desire to cleanse my heart. Flickering like a lamp about to extinguish,my desire to live like a human. With a new life in my heart, eyes and being,To be born again…the human in me…To be born again…the human in me… – M.M. Keeravani Song from a film Vedam…
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Archives: The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel
Remember me? I am Professor Sheth. Once I taught you geography. Now I am retired, though my health is good. My wife died some years back. By God’s grace, all my children Are well settled in life. One is Sales Manager, One is Bank Manager, Both have cars. Other also doing well, though not so…
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