by Ather Farouqui
It is customary to extend one’s gratitude on receiving such a respected award and I have no intention of departing from this ritual. Besides my heartfelt thanks to the Sahitya Akademi, I also want to express my gratitude to the (...)
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From Urdu to Hindustani: Has the Former Sung the Latter’s Dying Dirge?
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Remembering Nikhilda on his Birth Centenary
29 December 2013, by Barun Das GuptaRemembering Nikhilda on the occasion of his birth centenary fills me with memories of long years of working with him. It was in January, 1967, that I was introduced to Nikhilda by Shri Pannalal Das Gupta, the veteran communist revolutionary of (...) -
I owe my Journalism to Nikhilda
29 December 2013by Dadan Upadhyay
This is true. Had I not met Nikhilda, I would have never come to the profession of journalism. As my “guru”, he initiated me to journalism.
My memory flashes back to the early 1960s when I was still a student and had come to (...) -
Why We are not Hindus: A Reply to the Indian Fascists | Murzban Jal
29 December 2013by Murzban Jal
The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image that flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again. —Walter Benjamin, Theses on the Philosophy of History.
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Bangladesh: Amidst Ominous Forebodings
19 December 2013, by SCEDITORIAL
The country has been witness to extraordinary developments in the last few days. The results of the elections to the five State Assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan have dealt a stunning blow to the (...) -
. . . Where the Darlings Lie Buried
19 December 2013The shivering cold nights of wintry Paush have passed. And now the dew drops of a morning like tears, shed by mothers, sisters, wives, as they gaze self-forgetfully at the mounds where their darlings lie buried.
For the last-nine months the soil (...) -
India Wilted under Pressure at the WTO Ministerial in Bali
19 December 2013by Anuradha Talwar and Biraj Patnaik
Contrary to whatever Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said about the success of India at the WTO Ministerial in Bali, the authors present a completely different picture. It is being published here for the (...) -
Mandela on Gandhi and Nehru
19 December 2013TRIBUTE
The following are excerpts from the letter from prison sent by Nelson Mandela to the Indian Council for Cultural Relations expressing sincere gratitude for the presentation of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (...) -
Mandela (July 18, 1918-November 6, 2013)
19 December 2013, by Badri RainaWhat man or woman, friend or foe, Could deny to you, even in the worst Of pique, your colossal due as a man Above the customary frailty of man? That you could shake the hand that locked In the best of your youth behind a dungeon, And share the (...) -
Their Highnesses, Royal or Not, are Ready to Serve the Country Again. Make Way
19 December 2013, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
There is no democracy like Indian democracy. Yashodhara Raje Scindia, the BJP candidate in Madhya Pradesh, declared in her election affidavit that she had a dinner set worth Rs 1.54 crore. Was that worth mentioning in a country where (...)