Today I Have no Takers
It registers the pain and pathos of a day labourer whose life depends on the babus who hire or may not hire him to. clean his garden or gutter.
Freevoice
I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, said George Orwell. As a writer, I never kowtow to the whims and dictates of the sacred godmen or godwomen, the political bigots and hypocrites, dealers of laymen, the dishonest and self-serving intellectuals, traders of religions, the betrayers of ‘other’ Indians who eke out a living by their sweat, who are living in fear for being lynched for this and that.
Gaza-Mother’s Lap
It attests to the extreme vulnerability of war-torn Gaza-mothers whose children are dying day and night, making their mothers' laps empty.
Noted climate expert Prof Saleemul Huq has passed away
He was an expert in climate change, environment and development. He worked extensively in the inter-linkages between climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainable development from the perspective of developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries (LDCs).
A Boy
It attests to the joy a banjara boy finds while filling in an ant's hole with the sand he collects from his sides
Adivasi Must Dance
Adivasi will dance. They will dance for a coin. They will dance for a meal. They will dance for the entertainment of the civilized
At Esplanade
Last night, I saw, at our Town Square,a beggar,fully naked, sitting on haunches,and madly scratching his head and sides… Tonight at Esplanadetwo beggars lyingin the most unimaginable way,heads resting on amputated hands, mouths kissing dirtamid hurrying feet,sickly legs propped ona…
Gaza Genocide
It is a genocide. It is an ethnic cleansing. It is a terrorist attack. Isn't killing innocent children, caregivers, women is not terrorism?
Ilhan Omar Calls Israel’s Gaza Evacuation Order of 1 Million Palestinians in a Day “Ethnic Cleansing”
Ilhan Omar calls Israel's Gaza Evacuation Order of 1 Million Palestinians in a Day "Ethnic Cleansing". It is a serious humanitarian crisis.
Excerpt from Adisa Ajamu II’s The New Lynchings
t is a protest against the lynchings of the black African-Americans. It attests the poet's rage against the white lynchers and the state which is in complicit with the perpetrators.
Railway Hawker Eviction Drive
Drive the poor out of the land and offer the same to the multinationals for profit. The road map of the "development" is the same. Act for the companies and against the law-abiding poor hawkers, slum-dwellers, marginal peasants, and daily factory workers.