Written in 1908 in Shantiniketan, the lyrics of this song describe what is traditionally known as the sarat season ( or early autumn) when the …
The Song of Advent by Tagore
The Song of Advent by Tagore
Homecoming Festivals
Durga: Madhubani painting Scene from Ramayana: 17 CE painting Courtesy : Creative Commons As the year stretches towards the next one, festivals …
Homecoming Festivals
Making a Grecian Urn
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” John Keats (1795-1821), Ode to a Grecian Urn ‘Beauty is …
Making a Grecian Urn
Gandhi & Our Future
Bapu or Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) on India’s currency. Courtesy: Creative commons Gandhi with his call to combat violence and hatred …
Gandhi & Our Future
Abhisar by Rabindranath Tagore
Abhisar, translated as ‘The Tryst’, was written by Rabindranath in 1899. It is a story poem based on Upagupta, a Buddhist monk who lived in the 300 …
Abhisar by Rabindranath Tagore
Rohingyas, Rifts and Peace
One of the countries often in news nowadays is Myanmar or Burma. George Orwell’s novel, Burmese Days (1934), showcased a …
Rohingyas, Rifts and Peace
The Caged Birds Sing
…Don’t you know They’re talkin”bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper… — Tracy Chapman,’Talkin ‘Bout a Revolution Courtesy: Creative Commons Thou…
The Caged Birds Sing
Where Have All the Allies Gone?
Myanmar and Afghanistan — what could they have in common?
By Mitali Chakravarty The ‘women in mini skirts’ who resided in Kabul were a minority.
Where Have All the Allies Gone?
In Quest of Syncretism: Two Poems by Mitali Chakravarty
By Mitali Chakravarty Can wrecking, destroying erase an ideal, revive the dead, rewrite the past?
In Quest of Syncretism: Two Poems by Mitali Chakravarty
The Many Faces of ‘Freedom’
Romanticised by writers and artists over time, freedom has been variously interpreted. There is the freedom of birds that fly, of the clouds that …
The Many Faces of ‘Freedom’
