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Hindi poet and translator based in Bangalore, India.
Category: Personal
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Now Chil the Kite brings home the night That Mang the Bat sets free. The herds are shut in byre and hut – For loosed till dawn are we. This is the hour of pride and power, Talon and tush and claw. O hear the call! Good Hunting, All That keep the Jungle Law! —…
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I remember when I was in my second year of engineering, I went gaga about Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement address on Youtube. Despite of numerous differences in opinion with his line of thought, I can never deny his contribution in reinforcing the fact that a genius doesn’t need great parentage or great education. And what…
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”The British are rocked, their roots have been shaken. There will be an agreement and they will leave this land in about fifteen years, but the people won’t be benefited in anyway. Many years will pass in confusion. Then the people will recall me” – Shaheed Bhagat Singh. On this event of the birthday of…
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You ask how I spend my time I nestle against a treetrunk and listen to autumn winds in the pines all night and day. Shantung wine can’t get me drunk. The local poets bore me. My thoughts remain with you, like the Wen River, endlessly flowing. — Li Po (translated by Hamil).
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Today is Independence day. The day some of us wait so eagerly for! The day, I as a child never missed the flag hoisting ceremony on TV. The day, I hoisted flag in my colony and distributed sweets among my neighbours. The day I never missed the afternoon film on Doordarshan. Thanks to Sankalp, the day has…
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 