[My tribute to the immortal love poems of my favorite poet of Bengal, Sunil Gangopadhyay.] My first love was a foggy blur Over my familiar world of twenty springs. He stretched over, with his eager eyes, His moving lips, his thrusting loins Eclipsing everything I thought, was my own terrain, Yet, I could never touch the contours of his desires,[Read More…]
[Dedicated to the fiery, undying spirit of the phenomenal modernist author Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882-March 28, 1941)] ‘They are hybrid creatures, neither gay like butterflies nor somber like their own species. Nevertheless the present specimen, with his narrow hay-colored wings, fringed with a tassel of the same color, seemed to be content with life.’ –The Death of the Moth[Read More…]
After a decade of his untimely demise, Michael Jackson remains the legendary artist, the undisputed king of pop that the world remembers fondly. A tribute, following the World Music Day. ‘Dusk in your skin, Flesh, blood and poetry in your dance, Deep cry, frantic rhymes in your songs, A river born in the rhythm of your burning, melting, Writhing, dissolving.’[Read More…]
[Analyzing the philosophy of Nobel laureate of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore reflected in his literary works, on the occasion of his 160th birth anniversary.] “I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door—or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.” Nobel[Read More…]
The impact of domestic violence, sexual and physical abuse on woman and young girls have been devastating for years. With the ongoing lockdown measures following the Covid-19 pandemic, complications have increased for the victims and also for organizations that provide support. The article raises awareness on this growing shadow pandemic. In the postmodern world torn by war and humanitarian crisis,[Read More…]
It is a miracle, isn’t it? In a cluttered space with books, with the marijuana of remembrances, with misplaced rage, the exiled poet keeps birthing poems. Worn-torn memories reopen their scarred flesh. They bleed raw with coagulated chunks of rape, maiming, bombing in a motherland fresh with familiar faces, and recycled anguish. The heart races back in time, all those[Read More…]
We saw you coming, with dreamy eyes A resurrected year, born from the ashes Of sufferings of the past years, rechristened in The divinity of a newborn body, But then, 2020, you ushered in our lives With the fury and madness of demolition. With the rapacious monster of a virus, a deadly battle consuming our fragile flesh. Held[Read More…]
[Inspired by renowned artist of Bengal Benimadhab’s artwork of Kali (woodcut litho print) which I received as a gift during the book launch of our anthology ‘Muffled Moans Unleashed’, done in collaboration with Green Tara Social Initiative, Kolkata, India.] The Kali in my being, a calcified truth of light overpowered by savage darkness. The Kali in my soul, a perpetual[Read More…]
“I can’t invent a history for those who have none!” — P. Sainath 
As UK premier polishes his “Brand Rishi” image, the country slides into recession 
The farmers braved the barricade 
The Constitution belongs to ‘We, the People!’ 
Montreal Biodiversity COP15 December 2022 
Tuvalu, Climate Change and the Metaverse 
Populist Climate Action Requires Thinking About Freedom From Specific Oppressors—Not Just Species Survival 
The Global Push for Population Growth Shows We’re Not Grappling With the Climate Crisis 
New York Times, Guardian And 3 More Media Outlets Call To End Prosecution Of Assange: Publishing Is Not A Crime 
Could China Help Brazil to Overcome Its Economic Crisis? 
10 Suggestions for Lula, New President of Brazil 
Chinese Authorities Should Have Been Much More Sensitive to Adverse Impacts of Prolonged Lockdowns 
Football, the global binder 
The Madness of German Autobahnism 
Delhi state Anganwadi Workers and helpers union stage campaign against AAP and BJP 
India’s hypocrisy towards Ambedkar exposed once more 
The initiative of the Vaagdhara organization to preserve coarse grains 
‘Veer’ Savarkar, the Master of Mercy Petitions 
Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India 
China Experiences Anti-Lockdown Protests, Restrictions Being Lifted 
Narendra Modi’s new found love for Tamil 
Supreme Court’s Widely- Praised Bail for Anand Teltumbde should be Followed by Wider Justice in Elgar Case 
Jagdish Tirodkar: The departure of a gentle socialist 
What If the U.S. and China Really Cooperated on Climate Change? 
Xi vs Trudeau: How China is Rewriting History with the Colonial West 
China is Not Capitalist and it is Not Yet Communist 
Ukrainian war crimes become the burden for Europe 
Why does BJP oppose the word secular? 
A Million or More Face Starvation Death 
The poor are blamed but the privileged are making Mumbai ugly 
Great Nicobar Island- A “Mega Infrastructure Project” cleared by Ministry of Environment without prior consultation with the NCST 
Samyukta Kisan Morcha Rally inaugurates 2nd phase of struggle 
The Strange Case of USA Lobbyists Pushing Unsafe GM Food on Others 
Remembering Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Celebrating the 74th Constitution Day 
In the World Cup arena and in Israel, might makes right 
The Foreboding Hyperthreat Looms Large 
Europe’s Large Parts Are Warming Twice As Fast As The Planet On Average 
Lula, like a Phoenix 
Lives of Some Great Philosophers 
In memory of Aijaz Ahmad 
Havoc and misery caused by recent floods in Bengaluru, Pakistan and Assam are not only natural disasters but are man made and due to climate change. Over exploitation of urban land and water resources by greedy private real estate developers perhaps the chief cause of floods. Media relentlessly focused on flooded upscale villas, their swanky automobiles of super rich in[Read More…]
