January 17th, 2001 The Tehelka tapes showed clearly that the BJP and the Samata are “open to offer”. Corruption in India is now great enough to cause the wheels of commerce and industry to slowly grind to a halt. What can be done to prevent utter hopelessness from enveloping our individual beings? Although all poetry… Continue reading Remembering The Freedom Struggle
July 1st, 2001 In today’s or 21st Century India “politician” means “crook”. A hundred years ago when political life was just beginning for Indians after the lull following the massacres of 1857/1858 getting involved meant great idealism, suffering and sacrifice. Today talk of martyrs and patriots is likely to be ignored. Or dismissed a la… Continue reading The heroic end of Susil Kumar Sen
June 29th, 2001 The story of the conversion of Susil Kumar Sen from a meek and mild bhadralog boy into a gun and bomb terrorist shows how a brutal ruler drives the subject peoples to violence.
