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I wanted to say, ‘History never dies’, but I don’t know what made me keep my silence. It was past four now. Now we were in a poor colony inhabited by the minority, where there stood mud and thatched huts of labourers or those who kept draught horses. Dogs were still barking. Morning was already there for some of those houses. In some house kitchen-fire was alive. Some children were also seen in front of a few houses... the women were seen doing something and going and coming out of their huts... And suddenly that accident occurred... a terrible accident. There happened to come in front of the car a little minority boy, and also a little calf, at one and the same moment. To Manto, who was driving in a carefree mood, it was the very time to take a decision within a flash of time. No. If you prefer you may leave the story here. I won’t ask you to continue reading... for what you are going to read now is impractical, loathesome and violating the Human Rights as well. In the last fraction of the second as I was shutting my eyes in desperation I chanced to catch a glimpse of the young calf bolting away. ...Manto had steered the car towards the minority boy... No. I repeat. Please separate the cruel words said here presently from the story. We were back home. Manto was standing near the window bars. His spectacles were soiled with dust. He was smoking recklessly. ‘You could have saved the boy,’ I shrieked out. ‘Only one—either the boy or the calf.’ Manto shrieked out more vehemently. ‘The casualty of a minority boy will be forgotten within two hours. But, do you know what the accidental death of a calf in that locality means?’ Manto turned. He tore the papers on the table into little bits and threw them into the dustbin. Manto disappeared, but the chair on which he had been sitting was still rocking. Musharraf Alam Zauqui describes himself as an obsessive, compulsive writer in Hindi and Urdu. He has written numerous short stories and a novel ‘bayaan’ which centres round the tragedy of the Babri Masjid’s fall. He is also involved with television and cinema. He lives in Delhi. Shyamji Mishra, a teacher by profession, translates from Hindi to English. 132 :: January-March 2012
Discourse WOMEN’S LIBERATION : UTOPIA VS. REALITY Rajeev Ranjan Giri Translated by Manpreet Kaur She ran away many times Saw the same dream, each night, many times Lest she forget the will to freedom Keep alive the dream, even in bondage Keep alive the effort, even in inertness Dream – A Hindi poem by Arun Kamal. The woman protagonist in this poem keeps running away from her in-laws’ house. Battered. Sometimes, spends hours on any temple’s stairs. Then, returns when it’s dark. Sometimes, lodges a few odd days at an acquaintance’s or a distant relative’s house. Sometimes, goes back to her parents’ place (naihar). But, reverts, tired, to the same place, be it in a week or month. It would be more apt to say that she has to return to the same place. This is her compulsion. It must be kept in mind that everytime she runs away after being beaten, she is beaten up everytime on her return. Does the woman then not know of her tragic fate? The poem says that she knows January-March 2012 :: 133
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L A N G U A G E DISCOURSE W R I T I
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Editor's Note ‘Hindi’ is primar
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Heritage EK TOKRI BHAR MITTI Madhav
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Discourse THE IMPORTANCE OF MADHAV
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nationalism into literature; societ
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1. History of India, and other coun
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anch of knowledge— natural and so
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country, growing indignation at the
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the consciousness of the colonized
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and we rise above religious dogma,
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forces of liberty and patriotism tr
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his thoughts boldly, without fear.T
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characteristics of the age in which
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For, when father having been engage
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and panegyrists going and singing p
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I burst forth, ‘‘Aha, Niuniya!
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aid. The flower was punished forthw
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years in this guileful world I roam
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form. Now, once again there was a s
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Discourse LIFE AND IDEALS OF PREMCH
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and the train also arrived, but cou
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Discourse THE CONCEPT OF INDIANNESS
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of first novel goes to the Genji Mo
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untouchable boy. The boy is from
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eligious leaders. Premchand in his
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· Partition of India and growth of
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2) Ghar ki Raah, Indra Basawada, Sa
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Sahai, Nagendra, Bhagwat Sharan Upa
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two women (Rekha and Gaura) simulta
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significant. Since real aspects lik
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Another very major challenge that e
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students of Dacca University had ta
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Culture THE BHARATNATYAM HERITAGE I
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and her husband also migrated to Ho
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for her has been the one at Chidamb
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long years? Pallav—Did it reflect
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publicising myself and my writing b
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Short Story BUDHIA Ramvriksha Benip
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find her carrying loads of grass on
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Page 109 and 110: “Who’s playing on the piano, Nu
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Page 119 and 120: I want to make sure that everything
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Page 123 and 124: do not want to starve to death befo
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Page 129 and 130: Short Story MANTO IN MY DREAM Musha
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Page 147 and 148: Poetry FIVE POEMS Chandrakant Deota
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