When the Caravan Moved On: Remembering Gopaldas Saxena ‘Neeraj’, the Poet Who Gave Hindi Its Singing Soul
Eight Years After His Passing, the Voice That Bridged Literature and Cinema Still Waits to Be Fully Remembered “Aur hum khade-khade bahaar dekhte rahe,Karvaan guzar gaya, gubaar dekhte rahe.”(“We stood watching the spring unfold, while the caravan moved on and all that remained for us was the dust.”) Few lines in modern Hindi poetry have […]
HORMUZ THRO’ HISTORY: FROM GUJARAT TO “GROUND ZERO”
Known facts are being overlooked, if not conveniently forgotten. They need to be recalled when the third round of the War on Iran is raging, making the Strait of Hormuz the “water zero”, like the “ground zero” of military and diplomatic conflict, a term coined during another Gulf War. Perhaps, they will give a better […]
