India
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Dikhaayi Diye Yun by Mir Taqi Mir – Translation and Summary
In this post, I attempt to decode and summarise the timeless ghazal ‘Dikhayi Diye Yun’ by Mir Taqi Mir. Continue reading
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India Travel Diaries: Goa
From whatever snatches I overhear, Maithili overpowers Konkani by some distance, and I have to remind myself that I am still on the west coast of India, still in Goa. Continue reading
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New Year’s Day 2025 – A Message
“I long to give myself a fair shot at my responsibilities, but they must wait for another year, another time” – now is that YEAR, and now is that TIME. Continue reading
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India Travel Diaries: Bombay
The vastness of Bombay often surpassed the glories it hid in its well-anointed coat. Continue reading
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Autumn in Hyderabad
Had Paradise survived, the last Hyderabadi too would have weathered the storm. Continue reading
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Bandland 2024
The second edition of the Bandland Music Festival in Bengaluru on November 23 and 24 was as awe-inspiring as the first in 2023. Continue reading
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Calcutta horror: Punitive justice and retribution needed
Ms Banerjee has lost the mandate of the people whom she had seemingly satiated with populist agendas. Continue reading
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Bangladesh Can Ill-Afford To Antagonise India
Bangladesh, created by India and as some might say, for India, has risen in revolt strongly against the daughter of the tall leader who won them their freedom. Continue reading
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Telangana Budget 2024: Freebies don’t cut it
Welfare schemes rarely succeed in making a people hospitable to crisis and feed, instead, upon their insecurities. Continue reading
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Union Budget 2024: Do nothing, do nothing
The burden continued to be borne by the middle-class taxpayer was dispiriting. Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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