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- India
Row over ‘Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega’: Poet Aamir accuses artist of plagiarizing poem
A Delhi-based poet-activist Aamir Aziz has accused renowned artist Anita Dube of using his protest poem ‘Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega’ without permission, credit or compensation. Aziz who is a Jamia Millia Islamia…
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Who was he? Asks Central Censor Board exposing its shameful ignorance about Namdeo Dhasal
“Who is he? We don’t know about him.” That is what the unnamed officials of the Central Board of Film Certification reportedly said when denying clearance to a crowd-funded Marathi movie, “Chal.…
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Rakhshanda Jalil transports Zehra Nigah’s wonderful reconstruction of women’s domesticity in English
Domesticity, often criticised, is a powerful expression of women’s complex intellectual and profoundly emotional existence. It is more than just a sentimental utterance. Despite the feminist suspicion of marriage, family, and housekeeping…
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The creative intermingling of words and visuals
The tantalizing uncertainty of life, the unpredictable and intriguing experience of desire, and an intense way of perceiving external reality can hardly be communicated through words. This puzzling and less-recognized human folly…
- India
J&K authorities remove ‘resistance literature’ from universities’ curriculum
The authorities in Jammu & Kashmir have removed the award-winning memoir of Basharat Peer and Agha Shahid Ali’s poetry collection from the MA curriculum of the University of Kashmir (KU) and Cluster…
- Books
Each poem is a measure of sound and images on the tarmac of language
Hyderabad-based poet and academic Jhilam Chattaraj celebrated the first anniversary of her second book, ‘Noise Cancellation,’ Hawakal Publishers, New Delhi, 2021. She was in conversation with young, poet, filmmaker, and painter, Shreya Bahirat.…
- India
‘Hurt Hindu sentiments’: Calcutta HC directs police to submit report on controversial poem
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Detective Department, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, to submit a comprehensive report on an investigation into a complaint against poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay…
