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By Shabbir Aariz “A nation of sheep will soon have a government of wolves.” This was in-boxed by a friend to me the other day. This quote of Edward R. Murrow, born

By Pravin Sawhney The detestable Pulwama blast is not about intelligence failure or the inability of security forces to act upon it, as the government would want us to believe. It is

By Bhushan Parimoo Aristotle once said that whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a God. In this regard the state of Jammu and Kashmir is fortunate enough

By Bharat Karnad It is funny how, and with what ease and confidence, Islamabad time and again reduces India to a blabbering mess. Over 40 CRPF men get blown up by a

By Rohan Venkataramakrishnan The Indian government, and its armed forces, may still be deliberating how to respond to the devastating attack in Pulwama. But many sitting in TV news studios have already

By Raza Naeem Though Manto had begun writing short columns and commentaries after his association with Musavaat, he wrote his own first original essay on Maxim Gorky with the title Maxim Gorky – the

By Sarwat Ali Ghalib became a favourite with the singers after he was accepted as a leading poet. This process started with the publication of a pocket edition from Berlin in 1925,

By Syed Nomanul Haq Much has been said about the difficulties one faces in translating poetry. Yes, it is a daunting task, particularly in the case of good poetry. In the

By Taha Kehar If the views of American fiction writer Lorrie Moore are anything to go by, short stories can be likened to love affairs because they don’t demand the same degree

By Varghese K. George A month ago, on January 18, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said in Nagpur: “When the temple will get constructed on Ram Janmabhoomi in