An old father grieving by the pyre of his son, Many a thing he enjoyed when he was a child, Remembering taking his son to woods and field, To ecstasy the melodious singing of cuckoo one. Recalling hymns from a temple and priest forlorn, A torrent, a howl of a jackal, a honeybee song, mild; […]
Jackals come to my pyre but don’t weep; Bake your cakes and enjoy sound sleep; I am not a vote bank that sound and blow; I am an innocent soul whose pyre glow. I am a ripened life in gloomy sunlight, I am a gentle and calm soul bright, I am a gentle bird in […]
My cow was very sad, There is eerie silence, She has all the ideas, What is wrong in the nation. She fast came to me, Shook her tail and shook her neck; Lick my hand and made a loud voice, Towards the dark sky. She encircled me with her neck, Told me to […]
The much-hyped controversy on the resignation of Pratap Bhanu Mehta from Ashoka University has got wide space in the media. People have got a chance to discuss the role of academic freedom in universities in India. This is a very well known fact that all want liberal funding from the government but all want full […]
The nation needs discipline and peace in the university campuses. It can only flourish with dedicated academicians and meritorious learners. Universities have been established to impart knowledge. Their role is most important in making the nation and society- wise and well-informed. However, in the name of freedom of expression and autonomy, their most important aim […]
The world is full of technical gadgets. Now few people use pen, pencil, diary or notebook. Now all use a mobile phone, digital diary, tab, laptop, or computers for writing and keeping the records. There was a time when writing kits, pen sets, or diaries were given as popular gifts but this popular practice has […]
When will your dawn descend, sleeping race rise; Past was dark, yet the false glory shut your eyes, Lost is the race that flies in dreams those never toe, In fleeing and thrashing, they forget all woe. Oh, coward race! come out from slumber deep, Never forget the enemy that made bleed and weep. Be […]
In the journey of life, Me Lord decorates her as Home-CEO. As the journey moves, she was branded; As Home Maker by the feminists and activists. All forgetting the real CEOs grappling with the slog. Cruel CEO has a maid for mopping and cleaning, Hiding her woes and tears, another maid for the kitchen; To […]
ABSTRACT: Girsh Karnad was an Indian playwright, actor, film director and a scholar. He was a left winger by ideology. For almost four decades he composed plays and using Indian history and mythology but distorting them according to his ideology. His plays have been translated in many languages. In the Indian cinema, he worked as […]
ABSTRACT: William Darlymle is a very famous Scottish writer, critic and historian. His travelogues and books won many awards. The City of Djinns is such an attractive narration. It is all about the historical capital of India Delhi and New-Delhi. In the book he narrates real tales of his stay in Delhi and explores the […]
