Poem: Reference
By Gaurav J. Pathania
But in the academic world
A reference is your existence
which is endangered
If you are not referred to.
Where else does one live
But in citations?
Book Excerpt: From S. Irfan Habib’s ‘Indian Nationalism: The Essential Writings’
By Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
I am proud of being an Indian. I am a part of the indivisible unity that is Indian nationality. I am indispensable to this noble edifice and without me this splendid structure of India is incomplete. I am an essential element which has gone to build India. I can never surrender this claim.
Three Poems
By Shobhana Kumar
Today, I learn that growing old
is not always graceful,
that the shrivelling will get me,
and no sunshine, water or love
can withhold the withering.
CBSE question paper leaks? This is certainly not the end of the world
By Rimli Bhattacharya
In the Indian context, parents too act like a pressure cooker without a safety valve. Apparently they are the ones, who cause more tension to their children. The parents must realize that it is not the end of the world. In fact, the parents must tell their children that re-examination is no big deal. It is just another brushing up of the texts, which the child has already prepared before the exams.
Cricket: Tampered Tragedy
By Amol Ranjan
What could only be gained from the ongoing proceedings is that everyone needs to save its a** and move on in this global televised game. In the Cape Town incident, Australian players couldn’t, so nation Australia had to. A nation has to surely win, even if their players can’t.
Book Review: Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Countdown’
By Lalima Chakraverty
Countdown is a critique of the Indian nuclear programme. The author’s aim is to understand and evaluate the image of a modern man dealing with an anti-human weapons system and anti-civilization nuclear armaments. The book assesses the current economic development of the country carried forward by war machines.
The Hindutva inferiority complex inflicts damage on the Hindu psyche
By M Ghazali Khan
However, if the readers are shocked at the claims made by the RSS ‘thinker’, they should then hold their breath. They should go through these masterpieces of research by the saffron historians:
Ancient Italy was a Hindu country and the Pope was a Hindu priest.
English is a dialect of Sanskrit.
Ancient England too was ‘a Hindu country.’
The term Christmas is actually Krishna-mas, i.e. the month of Krishna, the Hindu incarnation at the time of the Mahabharata era. The word “mas” in Sanskrit means “month”.
Book Excerpt: From Pav Singh’s ‘1984: India’s Guilty Secret’
By Pav Singh
By mid-1983, Bhindranwale was clearly no longer under any control by Congress and was the most influential religious figure in Punjab. As part of a wider front of Sikh groups agitating for greater religious, political and economic demands, no political settlement was likely without his agreement.
Do ‘liberal icons’ encourage identity politics among Muslims?
By Kouser Fathima
The repeated attack on the Muslim community has resulted in many Muslims now openly flaunting their religious identity. While these ‘liberal icons’ speak against identity politics, they push people towards it. There is a sudden surge in the number of hijabis and bearded Muslims.
Book Essay: Literary and Religious Practices in Medieval and Early Modern India
By Raziuddin Aquil and David L. Curley
The essays in our co-edited volume, Literary and Religious Practices in Medieval and Early Modern India, deal with the composition and reception of symbolic representations, and with social practices in literature and religion. In them, we have many opportunities to think about writing practices and literary genres in relation to religious boundaries and identities – whether multiple, dual or exclusive.
Short Story: Relieved
By Tapan Mozumdar
Ten minutes later, Neera came out of that ramshackle home nourished with a glass of buttermilk on the matriarch’s insistence. Notwithstanding the slippery bathroom that was offered to her after flushing it with a bucket of water, she was relieved of the pressure on her bladder and years of prejudices.
Rendezvous with actor and director, Neeraj Kabi
By Rimli Bhattacharya
I have no hobbies. My life revolves in improving my own skills in acting and theatre. I work with children and I groom them. Since last twenty years, I had been working with teens and I enjoy working with them. So that is my life.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 