How to Kill a Poet?
‘It is difficult to imprison a poet, can life sprout in any planet, once time is confined to a prison’
An Intellectual Feast: Review of ‘The Sweet Salt of Tamil’ by Tho Paramasivan
The English translation of Tho Paramasivan’s ‘Ariyappadatha Tamilakam’ offers just enough salt to taste the richness of Tamil.
Why Pali Lost Out and Sanskrit Received More Than its Due
Our amnesia about how greatly Pali has contributed to all that we speak and think is not of recent origin.
Pablo Picasso Was a Communist. Why Don’t We Ever Talk About This?
In the imbroglio over Pablo Picasso’s misogyny and many personal flaws, the memory of his unabashed leftist politics has been lost — and with it our ability to fully consider his place in history.
Pinpricked Hands
Three poems, on the occasion of International Workers’ Day.
Culture | Nuclear Threat | Online Blog | USA
From Yellow Journalism to China Bashing, the Media’s Enduring Role in Promoting War
John Pilger recalls the ‘electric’ opposition of writers and journalists to the coming war in the 1930s and investigates why today there is ‘a silence filled by a consensus of propaganda’ as the two greatest powers draw closer to conflict.
Africa | Culture | Online Blog
Harry Belafonte, the Activist Who Became an Artist, Dies at 96
Belafonte’s activism changed America, his singing shaped a musical consciousness for generations of Americans, and his acting paved the way for Black performers.
Great Writers on the Power of Music
Gathered here are uncommonly beautiful reflections on the singular power of music by some of humanity’s greatest writers, collected over years of reading.
Africa | Culture | Online Blog | Racism
Paul Robeson, the Great Forerunner
April 9 marks the US activist-singer’s 125th birth anniversary. Paul Robeson, son of a formerly enslaved man, was nothing less than amazing. Two articles.
Dharma: Hinduism and Religions in India (An Excerpt)
An excerpt from ‘Dharma: Hinduism and Religions in India’ by Chaturvedi Badrinath. He writes: It is a fact of profound significance that the only identity ancient Indian thinkers gave to themselves was in terms of dharma — which they conceived to be the identity of man anywhere.