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ecame the language of government affairs. But I find one thing very interesting about this agitation. If you were to sit down with the list of those young leaders who were part of this agitation, you would find that many of those young leaders belong to the higher echelons of Indian politics today. There are various Chief Ministers and many Cabinet Ministers now who are products of that agitation. The most unique thing about them is that they all sent their children to English medium schools. They retained the dual education policy. The result was that those who were affluent sent their children to English medium schools and only those people sent their children to the Hindi medium who had no other option. Since the last few years, all government schools are in a mess, and in the villages, the mohallas and in the cities there seems to be a deluge of English medium schools. On a very recent trip to Pakistan, I tried to seek information as to what was the situation there with regard to this scenario. I was quite amused to know that the elite in Pakistan have duly emulated their Indian counterparts. Those who declare Urdu to be synonymous with Pakistan and Islam have sent their children to English medium schools. Amongst these are political leaders and army officers, the rigid Islamic Mullahs are also one of them, who, while they send the children of the poor to the Madarsas, educate their own children in English – the language of the devil, and when given an appropriate opportunity send them to the United States or to the UK- the land of the devil! Vibhuti Narain Rai : born 1950, is a prominent progressive author whose books have made a mark in Hindi literature for their clear thinking, modern analysis, social understanding and human concern. His novels are : Ghar; Shahar mein Curfew; Kissa Loktantra; Tabadla and Prem ki bhootkatha. He has been honoured with Indu Sharma antarrashtriya Katha Samman, Kamleshwar Smriti Samman and Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan Puraskar. He has been a senior I.P.S. officer. Currently he is Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalay, Wardha. Meenakshi Pawha, Reader in English in Lucknow University, is a gold medalist and awardee of Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship to Cambridge University. She has been a fullbright scholar. Her areas of interest are 20th century Indian, American, Australian and British drama, post colonial studies and film studies. She lives in Lucknow. 66 :: January-March 2012
Culture THE BHARATNATYAM HERITAGE IN SURINAME Bhawna Saxena Bharatnatyam is a flourishing dance form in Suriname, a country 16,000 kilometres away from India, a country where indentured labourers were brought 138 years back in sixty four ships starting from Lalarookh and ending with Dewa. The descendants of these immigrants, that is, the present Surinamese Hindustanis take great pride in identifying themselves with their roots and Indian heritage. Dance is an integral part of the culture adopted by these third and fourth generations who have not only preserved it but have always had an insatiable desire for more. In addition to other traditions they are carrying through the most ancient of all the classical dance forms in India based on Natya Shastra – "The Bharatnatyam" and it is indeed a great pleasure to witness how this dance form has even transcended the religious barriers. Anything connecting the Surinamese Hindustanis to their roots is welcomed with open arms be it from any religion. This was witnessed in two shows staged recently in Suriname. The first being the Arangetram performance by 17 year old Ambrien Pierkhan, the daughter of a proud Muslim father. Ambrien started learning Bharatnatyam when she was five. The second show was "The Dancing Feet" a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Arangetram in Suriname. Arangetram, the first solo performance by a Bharatnatyam dancer which is actually a graduation performance reflecting the different stages of consciousness of a danseuse. January-March 2012 :: 67
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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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Page 41 and 42: Discourse LIFE AND IDEALS OF PREMCH
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Page 45 and 46: Discourse THE CONCEPT OF INDIANNESS
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“Good evening. You may take this
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I want to make sure that everything
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When I went to meet the sisters thr
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do not want to starve to death befo
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admired and appreciated. In the 70s
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there, Nishant invited all of us to
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Short Story MANTO IN MY DREAM Musha
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such scenes on TV screen happening
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Discourse WOMEN’S LIBERATION : UT
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woman is repeatedly beaten up, be c
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to an extent, altered it, and allow
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liberation from this ‘gender’.
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at several levels. Instances of vis
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of women’s emancipation will real
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Pursuing rigidly, A fixed desire. I
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Poetry FIVE POEMS Chandrakant Deota
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Why spurn their appeal hidden in, M
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IN A CONFLICTING WORLD Far…far be
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And make it a part of our very bein
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The warning bell does not ring once
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The cremation ground too became sad
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them. The author belongs to an army
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