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  • मैं फिर आऊँगा

    मैं फिर आऊँगा

    रवि कुमार मैं फिर आऊँगाजब तुम्हें मेरी ज़रूरत होगी दर्द का एहसासमुझे भी होता हैमेरे सीने से भी चीख निकलती हैआँखो के पर्दे फाड़ देइतनी तेजलेकिन तुम तो बहरोके नगर के राजा होतुम्हें कैसे सुनाई देती तुम्हें महसूस होता हैजब वार होतुम्हारी दौलत परइकट्ठा किया है जिसकोतुमने ग़रीबी के खून बहा करजिससे बू आती हैउन…… Read more

  • We do not walk alone

    We do not walk alone

    Walking not aloneBut with innumerable othersTalking occasionallyOf where we wereAnd where we will beWhether we will also perishLike the onewhose body could not carry him for longLike those young livesWhich were lost in transit I don’t walk aloneI walk with my comradesAll of us enslavedby the shimmer of citiesby false hopes of a better lifeby…… Read more

  • पतझड़ से उम्मीदों का जन्म

    पतझड़ से उम्मीदों का जन्म

    पतझड़ के मौसम ने रंग दिया इन सड़कों कोअरसों के बाद, बरसों के बादपत्तों को इतनी शांति सेसड़कों पर सोते देखाकिसी ने रौंदने की जुर्रत नहीं कीकिसी ने उन्हें बेज़ुबान नहीं समझाऔर अनचाहे रिश्तों की तरहदरकीनार नहीं कियाकौन कहता है पेड़ों से जुदा होकरउनकी हुस्न में कमी आयी होकौन कहता है उनकी दास्तानअनचाहे रिश्तों की…… Read more

  • Corona Narratives III:Enmity, Hatred and Livelihood in times of Communal Virus

    Corona Narratives III:Enmity, Hatred and Livelihood in times of Communal Virus

    Ahmad (name changed) has been our regular kabadiwallah (junk dealer). He would come whenever we called him to collect newspapers, empty bottles, old junk of any kind. Around two years back he took a lot of time to come and, in fact, told us that he could come only on Sunday. I was perplexed at…… Read more

  • Corona Narratives II:Informal Labour in Exceptional Times

    Corona Narratives II:Informal Labour in Exceptional Times

    Living in a locality, which is more heavily gated, quieter, and not very intrusive does not let you realise the impact that Corona pandemic is having on the informal labour. Ever since the pandemic hit the human race and more so after the Indians developed a true fear of this unforeseen phenomenon my neighbours have…… Read more

  • Corona Narratives I:Being Democratic, Sensitive and an Unabashed Accumulator at the Same Time

    Corona Narratives I:Being Democratic, Sensitive and an Unabashed Accumulator at the Same Time

    An image is a powerful medium of pedagogy – it teaches without formally teaching us. It prepares a generation, which develops a particular understanding of the world through it.  Images have the power and potential to not reveal the fundamental characteristics of the system in whose belly lie these truths but paints the canvas with another…… Read more