On the Occasion of World Poetry Day
Many years ago, I read the great Hindi poet Maithilisharan Gupta’s poem ‘Sakhi, ve mujh se kahkar jate’ that expressed the grief of Queen...
गडीसुर्ला- जुनासुर्ला झाडीपट्टीचा ऐतिहासिक प्रांत
नववर्षाच्या पहिल्या दिवशीच मी मित्रवर्य लक्ष्मण खोब्रागडे यांचे सोबत जूनासुर्ला आणि गडीसुर्ला या दोन गावाला भेटी दिल्या. या दोन्ही गावाचे नाव खूप वर्षापासून ऐकत...
On Delay: A historical and labour-centric reflection
Living in the age of 'fast capitalism' has created a homogeneized expectation of quick service as the hallmark of experiencing time. The idea of...
Vishwanath Vithoba Shende with his granddaughter
The man in the photograph is Vishwanath Vithoba Shende of village Tekadi, taluka Mul, district Chandrapur. The meaning of Vishwanath is ‘Lord of the...
घोळ शिक्षक भरतीचा
शिक्षक-गुरुजी-मास्तर या तीन अक्षरी शब्दाला दोन दशकापूर्वी अतिशय मानमरातब लाभलेला होता. चौथी पास, सातवी पास, दहावी पास गुरुजींचा शब्द गावागावांमध्ये प्रमाणित मानल्या जायचा. गुरुजीला...
Imroz (A poem)
Imroz
I think passion
I think of you
I think devotion
I think of you.
I see you pouring a cup of tea
More intense than her midnight poetry.
Sometimes she...