Discourses From the East
Discourses From the East
In Jamui, Bihar, a teenage girl was stopped and sexually assaulted by a group of men, while her male friend was beaten. In Delhi, a 17-year-old was allegedly gang raped in a public park. In Assam, a wife was beheaded by…
I live in the Northeastof India, the world’s fifth-largest economy.With every breath I take,the soil of my home slips away.In the murky waters of abandoned dams,left behind by so-called developed nations,my notebook of poems drifts dissolving. I am repeatedly told…
When a woman walks into a polling booth, she needs to carry some responsibilities beyond her individual political preference. She needs to carry with her the pain of the protests, petitions and the centuries of yearning. The right to vote,…
দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধৰ পিছত জাৰ্মানীয়ে নিজৰ ইতিহাসৰ আটাইতকৈ বীভৎস অধ্যায়টোৰ সৈতে মুখামুখি হোৱাৰ যি অভূতপূৰ্ব প্ৰচেষ্টা চলাইছিল, সেয়া আছিল বিশ্ব ইতিহাসত এক অনন্য উদাহৰণ। জাৰ্মান ভাষাত ‘Erinnerungskultur’ মানে ইংৰাজীত culture of remembrance, এই স্মৃতি সংস্কৃতিয়ে কেৱল অতীতক স্মৰণ কৰাই নহয়, বৰঞ্চ…
