My tablet and my pen,
My two cherished treasures
Are snatched from me,
But does it matter?
For I have dipped my fingers
In the blood of my heart;
My tongue they sealed
Bu does it mater? For,
I have placed a tongue (...)
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June 2009
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Does it Matter?
2 July 2009, by Faiz Ahmed Faiz -
Roots of Current Violence are in Oppression under Colonialism and Dictatorships
2 July 2009, by Bharat Dogra, Reshma BhartiPakistan’s Wild West
In order to understand the roots of the present-day violence in Pakistani’s Pashtun (or Pathan) belt, we need to go back to colonial times. While the British colonial rule was oppressive all over (the then united, (...) -
Memories of a Many-splendoured Man
2 July 2009, by Inder MalhotraRemembering N.C. On June 27 this year falls Nikhil Chakravartty’s eleventh death anniversary. On this occasion we reproduce the following tributes to his abiding memory—the first two were published in Mainstream (July 11, 1998) and the remaining (...) -
Symbol of a Heroic Age
2 July 2009, by P.C. JoshiIn the passing away of Nikhilda at the ripe age of eightyfour the country has lost the doyen of Indian journalism and a vigilant watchdog of national interest and democratic rights. And the common people have also lost a friend who was sensitive (...) -
He Always Thought of People’s Welfare
2 July 2009, by Sailen ChatterjeeNikhilda was a rare type of journalist. He always tried to use his pen for the welfare of the people.
Whenever I met him, he expressed his concern for the people—how people were suffering. He always told me that I was fortunate to tour with (...) -
Troubadour of Our Times
2 July 2009, by M. Venugopala RaoHe was all grace when we (my wife and I) met him our last time. That was a few weeks before Nikhil’s final departure. My wife placed a bunch of flowers on the small table before him and was moving back, when Nikhil rose unsteadily to his feet, (...) -
The Legacy for Tomorrow
2 July 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyLenin once asked a group of Soviet students as to whom they regarded as the greatest literacy figure of Russia. “Mayakovsky,” they replied. “Yes, but what about Pushkin?” asked Lenin, and added, “Could there have been a Mayakovsky without a Pushkin?” (...) -
De Facto Colonisation Continues Unabated
2 July 2009, by Vinod AnandColonisation is the act or the process of establishing a colony or colonies like what had happened in the past. It has two distinct connotations: de facto and de jure. The first one means ‘concerning the fact’ or in practice but not necessarily (...) -
Mumbai Festival: Looking for that Golden Age
2 July 2009, by Ashoke ChatterjeeThis article reached us quite sometime back but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. —Editor
Satyug is an extraordinary theme for a Mumbai Festival held after 26/11—extraordinarily visionary or extraordinarily foolhardy. Or both. (...) -
Lalgarh and Beyond: Disaster in the Making
22 June 2009, by SCThe government’s strategy to deal with the internal security problem has caused legitimate concern in civil society.
For sometime now violence has erupted in the Lalgarh-Jangalmahal area of West Bengal’s West Midnapore district bordering on (...)