What use are words if they too don't reach hearts in the hinterlands, forests and fields?
Tag: politics
The Lost Identity
I don’t know / What sorrow could have / Made their heart so heavy / That the light was sucked / Out of their eyes
The Future of History: Holding on or Letting go the ‘Indian’ Mughal Past
We have closely witnessed the beauty of their architecture, marvelled at their paintings, read their literature, relished the cuisine they perfected, flaunt clothing that they designed. Are we ready …
Opposition Unity
"The game is one of Cat and Mouse / Where the cats are all powerful and in control of the House."
Mary Wollstonecraft: An Introduction to the Mother of First-wave Feminism
Wollstonecraft was ridiculed in her time for the idea that women should be treated as fully fledged beings.
Substitutes
A poem on how societal problems invariably start at home & are based on how issues are handled there.
This Day 30 Years Ago, the Republic Was Besmirched
There was undisguised triumph among a few people that “those people” had been shown their place, but most celebrated quietly.
The Qatar World Cup: Money Runs Modern Soccer
Qatar’s World Cup is the culmination of decades of football capitalism — a victory for big corporations and repressive governments, and a tragedy for the fans and workers who …
Big Brother’s Minions
'Who is the victim? Who the perpetrator of the crime? Answers to these questions are turned on their head.'
Revisiting the Wrongs of Bahujan Politics
There is an urgent need to revive Dr. Ambedkar’s Republican ideology to save our socialist secular democracy.