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Hindi poet and translator based in Bangalore, India.
Category: Culture
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I had some questions in my head which disturbed me for quite sometime. I followed “India after Gandhi” by Ramachandra Guha and was pretty much convinced by globalization. Then, I picked up P. Sainath’s “Everybody Loves A Good Drought”. Sainath sir is probably the only journalist who has worked extensively in India’s most rural districts…
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Since I don’t watch television these days, I am a little late to comment on the new “Mile sur mera tumhara”. But better late than never! Recently, on Sankalp 6th anniversary, we volunteers had performed this song. This song was probably one of the best things that once happened to Indian television. I used to…
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Raghunath Singh and some other politicians of Bihar are making Rana Pratap the same as some in Maharashtra did with Shivaji. This ridicules me to the core! I don’t know why Rajasthan is not objecting to this? Rana Pratap and Shivaji are two icons of India! They never belonged to any community or caste. They…
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As Valentine’s day is approaching, there is a big halla created by a group of people. They call my generation’s culture obscene as some girls prefer wearing western dresses and going to pubs. Isn’t it an entirely personal and family matter?
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Pakistan is burning. Perhaps democracy is at test and so is the dynastic rule that started after the death of Benazir. Can Pakistan be saved? Many political thinkers across the world agree that the Kashmir situation is the single greatest threat to the world today – both India and Pakistan being nuclear armed. The nightmarish scenario for the world…
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 