Separation’s Geography: Agha Shahid Ali’s ‘By the Waters of the Sind’
Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001) described himself as a Kashmiri American poet. He was born in Kashmir and educated in Delhi as well as the United States of America where he eventually
Here, As Well As There: Nida Fazli’s Poem on the Suffering which Unites Us
It is easy to find ideas and practices that divide us, superficial markers like ‘caste’ or ‘religion’ that allow us to brand somebody as ‘The Other’. Nida Fazli did the
The Act of Petty Man-Children: Annanda Sankar Ray’s Rhymes Lamenting the Partition
Annada Sankar Ray (1904-2002) was a Bengali and Odia poet and essayist. Best known for his rhymes, his work covers a range of diverse social and cultural topics including a famous
An Elegy to a Delhi Before Colonialism: Ahmed Ali’s ‘Twilight in Delhi’
In today’s world where questions of identity, culture, nationalism and religion are being explored by writers from across the globe, Ahmed Ali’s work is considered to be the fi
An Artist of the Masses: Somnath’s Hore’s Depictions of the Anguished Human Form
Reading Born in the village of Barama, in the Chittagong District of erstwhile British India, Somnath Hore was a prolific sculptor and a premier print maker, having invented and d