Poetry

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Kavitha Muralidharan
These poems are taken from 107 Kavithaikal (107 Poems: Collected Volume)   Satthikidakkum Katavukal (Closed Doors) Closed doors of windows Get stuck The result of not opening them Often Now bang it, with all the power in your palms Nerves on your wrists would reel in pain Bang it Pain would be…
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Kavitha Muralidharan
Sundara Ramaswamy, or Su.Ra as he was fondly called, emerged as a distinct, definitive voice in Tamil literature when his short story ‘Muthalum Mudivam’ appeared in 1951. In his 54-year long writing career, with a seven-year hiatus in between, he succeeded in leaving an indelible mark on literary…
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  Vasdev Mohi (Vasdev Vensimal Sidhnani), one of the best-known contemporary Sindhi writers, was born on March 2, 1944, in Mirpur Khas, now in Pakistan. The Ahmedabad-based poet, critic and short story writer is the winner of numerous awards, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999 for Barf Jo…
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Vimmi Sadarangani
An Untold Story of Displacement and Struggle   ‘The Partition of India may or may not be a major event in world history,’ according to linguist and fiction writer Dr Satish Rohra, ‘but for the Sindhi community, it is a very important and painful event; it split the community into two in separate…
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Menka Shivdasani
https://www.sahapedia.org/%E2%80%98culture-runs-the-veins-of-the-community%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-interview-vasdev-mohiModern Sindhi literature is generally divided into two periods—the British era (1843–1947) and the post-Partition phase, but its genesis was several centuries earlier, building on a…
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Menka Shivdasani
This multimedia module is an in-depth exploration of Sindhi literature after the Partition of India in 1947. With the Partition, Sindhis lost vital links to their land, language and culture, which was built on a rich tradition of Sufistic thought and a synthesis of various cultures. While the…
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Dr Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
In his delightful autobiography I am not an Island, this is how Khwaja Ahmad Abbas describes himself:   This rotten fruit called K.A. Abbas has dropped from a unique family tree of saints and sinners, murderers and marauders, timid recluses and adventurers, soldiers of fortune and defenders of…
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Rajat Kumar
Documentary films are often a subject of controversy in India. The grant of a certificate from the Censor Board is not a guarantee that the film can be exhibited without fear of violence or intimidation. The challenges faced by any filmmaker in terms of the arbitrary decisions of the censor…
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Kakar, S. 1985. ‘Erotic Fantasy: The Secret Passion of Radha and Krishna in the Word and the World: Fantasy, Symbol and Record’, Contribution to Indian Sociology Delhi, 19.1:75-94.   Pauwels, H.R. 2005. ‘Romancing Rādhā: Nāgarīdās’ Royal Appropriations of Bhakti Themes’, South Asia Research, 25.1:…
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