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Jan 17, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | zeenat khan |Samina Salim |Vidyarthy Chatterjee |Bharat Dogra
Translation by Zeenat Khan A portrait of an unknown woman Artist: Rabindranath Tagore Parjaay: Prem (1) Upa-parjaay: Gaan Taal: Jhaptaal Raag: Khambaj Written on: 1895 Swarabitan: 10 Notation by: Jyotirindranath Tagore চিত্ত পিপাসিত রে গীতাসুধার তরে ॥ তাপিত শুষ্কলতা বর্ষণ যাচে যথা কাতর অন্তর মোর লুণ্ঠিত ধূলি ‘পরে গীতসুধার তরে ॥ আজি বসন্তনিশা, আজি অনন্ত তৃষা, আজি এ জাগ্রত প্রাণ তৃষিত চকোর-সমান গীতসুধার তরে। চন্দ্র অতন্দ্র নভে জাগিছে সুপ্ত ভবে অন্তর বাহির আজি কাঁদে উদাস স্বরে গীতসুধার তরে ॥ My...
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Aijaz Ahmed |Samina Salim |Ramzy Baroud
As Gazans wait for ceasefire to come into effect on Sunday 81 people were killed in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile Israel’s cabinet is delaying its meeting to approve the ceasefire. A ceasefire deal between Palestinian factions and Israel will take effect next Sunday on January 19th, 2025. It means that there are still 72 hours until the fire is truly ceased. Gaza people fear these hours to be filled with Israeli air strikes and deliberate attacks.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Dan Corjescu |Vidyarthy Chatterjee |Musharraf Hussain |Samina Salim
Once we used to live together,perhaps like a joint family,or maybe like the inmates of the same prison,which Lord Mountbatten probably knew very well. Our history of sharing is of many years,and even today we share many things between us —memories, emotions, friendliness, and enmities. We also share borders marked by barbed wire,where you often hangthe bullet-pierced bodies of our Felanis.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Dan Corjescu |Vidyarthy Chatterjee |Musharraf Hussain |Samina Salim
Ὁ Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν(Hymn To Freedom)Σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν κόψητοῦ σπαθιοῦ τὴν τρομερή,σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν ὄψη,ποῦ μὲ βία μετράει τὴ γῆ.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vidyarthy Chatterjee |Musharraf Hussain |Samina Salim |Moumita Alam
(“The commissioning of India’s largest blast furnace at Kalinganagar (on September 20, 2024) is a momentous occasion for the steel industry.” – T.V. Narendran, Tata Steel CEO & MD) jal-jangal-jameen the diku’s for the taking muscleright in adivasi country disciplined by threats and bulldozers audacity of Ho mother’s prayer for a toehold on ancestral land didn’t go unnoticed toehold on earth she said her forefathers tilled fished bathed rummaged for nature’s bounties bullets flew knives...
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Musharraf Hussain |Ghulam Mohammad Khan |zeenat khan |Samina Salim
Music and poetry have long been part of dissent, a tool of resistance, and an art form to express concerns, jubilation, remembrance, and heartbreaks. They are worthy forms of summation for many situations. The musicians, singers, poets, and folk artists are admired a lot for their work, and for some, they are the only source of solace to bear their sufferings.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Satya Sagar |Seroja Manoj |Samina Salim
I turned sixty a few months ago and contrary to what I imagined it would be like when I was much younger – I don’t feel very old at all. In fact, I feel like a little boy all over again, eagerly waiting to turn teenager and looking forward to adulthood. This disconnect between the state of my consciousness and how long I already have been on Planet Earth has nothing to do with my being physically very fit (which I am not!).
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Samina Salim |Moumita Alam |Sophie Michel |Soumyanetra Munshi
[In memory of my mother Atia Salim Kidwai*} The sun is down, the birds returned home; The trees stand cold as the leaves hold in embrace The moon is out, the stars dazzle a romance; The night is dark, the fireflies clash in a dance Shadows stretch, as twilight’s veil descends; A brush of dreams touch the corner of my eyes Soft night breeze murmurs through the oaks; As constellations weave their ancient design The hush of the world, a serene hymn or a soft lullaby; Stars peep through the...
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Monish R Chatterjee |Samina Salim |George Capaccio |David Sparenberg
Finally, the long awaited summons camefrom the Ministry of Utmost Happiness.(1)Relayed via Meenachilar(2) to a cemeteryin Ayemenem (2) and via Jamuna toJannath Guest House (3) in Delhi,to Sarmad- Hazrat of Utmost happiness, (4)‘Saint of the unconsoled andBlasphemer among believers.’The summons declared with a bugle-cryTilothama, you have committed the gravest of crimes,(5)speaking like a traitor about our Hindu nationdeserving incarceration without trial.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Prakash Louis |Binoy Kampmark |Hiren Gohain |Samina Salim
With arrogance Mr. Modi had declared that his party would cross 400 out of 543 seats in the election to the Lok Sabha or the Lower House of India. In the election that concluded on 1st June, 2024, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), the party that he led was reduced to 240. Modi is struggling to form the government on its own and has to seek the support of NDA partners.
