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Salman Rushdie on his Kolkata visit that was denied
Author Salman Rushdie‘s statement on the West Bengal Government’s order stopping his Kolkata visit: I arrived in Delhi on January 22nd at the invitation of the distributors of the film of my novel…...
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Talking Gulzar
Prakash K Ray is the Editor, bargad.org. A version of this article has appeared in The New Indian Express (Feb 3, 2013). Book Review In The Company of a Poet: Gulzar in conversation… Read More →
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Radio Interview
Faiz Ahmed Faiz‘s Interview with Radio Pakistan on 5-10-1974 (in 9 parts)
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Begum Samru of Sardhana
Prakash K Ray is the Editor, bargad.org. A version of this article has appeared in The New Indian Express (March 3, 2013). Book Review Begam Samru: Fading Portrait in a Gilded Frame by… Read More →
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Remembering Chinua Achebe
Rupen Ghosh is a Delhi-based senior GoI officer with a keen interest in arts and literature. Imaginative literature does not enslave; it liberates the mind of man. Its truth is not like the… Read More →
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Eric Hobsbawm, my Dad
Julia Hobsbawm on the daunting intellect and tireless curiosity of her father Eric Hobsbawm, the historian and champion of the left who died last year. My father died at the age of 95… Read More →
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Not to beg mercy of the darkness
Prakash K Ray is the Editor, bargad.org. A version of this article has appeared in The New Indian Express (May 5, 2013). Book Review The Walls of Delhi by Uday Prakash (Tr: Jason… Read More →
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Delhi University: Faulty Foundations
Aparna Balachandran, Pankaj Jha and Anubhuti Maurya are teachers in University of Delhi. The University of Delhi (DU) has, over the last few months, seen strong protests from teachers and students...
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Nazim Hikmet: Autobiography
Nazim Hikmet (15 Jan 1902-3 June 1963) penned this poem titled ‘Autobiography’ in East Berlin on 11 September 1961. This is translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk (1993) and is being republished…...
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‘मेरे पास बस शहद का एक कटोरा है’
प्रकाश के रे बरगद के संपादक हैं. समकालीन इतिहास की एक उल्लेखनीय विशेषता यह है कि इसमें विचारधारात्मक संकीर्णताएँ रचनाकारों और रचनात्मकता को अक्सर निशाना बनाती रही हैं और इस प्रवृति के शिकार… Read More →
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Denis Diderot: A Portrait of the father of Encyclopaedia
Om Prakash is a Ph.D research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He can be reached at ommeister[at]gmail.com. Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails…...
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Rabindranath Tagore’s Address Recorded on Film
Watch and Listen to Rabindranath Tagore A rare video Please note: Audio begins at 2:26
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Elvis is on the Screen!: A Pervert’s Guide to Zizek
Louis Proyect, the author of this piece, is the moderator of the Marxism mailing list, where his various articles first appear. For information on how to subscribe to the list, go here. Active in… Read...
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G P Deshpande’s EPW Articles
अल्लाह करे मीर का जन्नत में मकाँ हो, मरहूम ने हर बात हमारी ही बयाँ की….. Eminent Marathi playwright and intellectual Govind Purushottam Deshpande (1938-2013), popularly known as GoPu and GPD, died at...
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जो जो गए बहुरि नहि आए…
राजेन्द्र यादव (28 अगस्त 1929-28 अक्टूबर 2013) आदरणीय राजेंद्र जी से वरिष्ठ पत्रकार सैयद मो इरफ़ान की बातचीत (साभार- राज्यसभा टीवी)
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बिदेसिया हुए पुरखों की कथा
प्रकाश के रे बरगद के संपादक हैं. आज से सौ साल पहले वह कलकत्ता से पानी के जहाज़ में बैठ एक अनजान सफ़र पर निकली थी. उस सफ़र में उसके साथ कोई अपना… Read More →
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An appeal to the organisers and participants of Jaipur Literature Festival
Please endorse and share widely… A writer’s life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don’t have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But… Read More →
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Wendy Doniger on the forced withdrawal of her book
Wendy Doniger on the forced withdrawal of her book, The Hindus I was thrilled and moved by the great number of messages of support that I received, not merely from friends and colleagues… Read More →
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किसानी का एक बरस और रेणु
गिरिन्द्र नाथ महानगर दिल्ली में पत्रकारिता छोड़ बिहार के पूर्णिया जिले के अपने गाँव में अब खेती-बाड़ी कर रहे हैं. उनसे girindranath[at]gmail.com पर संपर्क किया जा सकता है. पूर्णिया और अब अररिया…...
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Happy Birthday Phanishwarnath Renu
Ian Woolford is a singer, traveller and teacher of Hindi language & literature at Latorbe University in Australia. He can be reached at @iawoolford Today is the birthday of the Hindi author...
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