Muslims of Bihar at the Crossroads
Rethinking Political Loyalty Amidst Shrinking Space As Bihar gears up for its upcoming assembly elections, the Muslim community finds itself navigating one of the most politically disorienting times in recent history. Having already faced threats of disenfranchisement—both systemic and tactical—the community sees itself pushed further into political irrelevance, with the Election Commission’s high-handedness and the […]
The Silver Bullet of Hindi Poetry
Gopaldas Neeraj Poet, professor, philosopher, and perennial optimist—Gopaldas Saxena ‘Neeraj’ carved his name into the heart of Hindi literature with verses that were simple yet stirring, personal yet universal. Neeraj belonged to a rare breed of poets who could straddle two dramatically different worlds: the quiet cadence of literary verse and the raucous, rhythm-driven world […]
The Silent Revolt: Subaltern Voices and the Politics of Dalit Otherization
If a Dalit is forced into the silence of the self, crushed beneath the weight of history and ignored by a world that surrounds yet refuses to see them, what are they to do? Perhaps nothing. Yet in that apparent inertia lies the tragedy: the descent into a quiet anguish, a deepening katzenjammer that haunts […]
Resistance as Iqbal’s Inheritance in the Poetry of Ali Sardar Jafri
Ali Sardar Jafri, the ebullient literary giant, had his genesis in the same democratic soil that produced the world’s great thinkers. He was shaped by the turbulence that transforms a complacent political order into a more rational understanding of geopolitics and new social constructs. Though born with majestic royal blood, his poetry drew its power […]
