Poetry, and nonfictions

Never Be Unveiled

First published in RIC Journal, April 17, 2023 Misstep is a poem created by KS. It consists of five stanzas. 1. The poem starts with the phrase that indicates the relationship between I and you like this: I’ve been watching you, bird’s-

How I First Learned About Democracy?—My Memory of a Hindi Language Class

First published in Indian Periodical, March 19, 2023 Chiranjibi Paudyal asserted that the word ‘caste’ came with colonisation. Most Japanese people don’t know this. Furthermore, when I say that India is a democratic country, they often com

A letter from my daughter

First published in the Space Ink, February 14, 2023 When my daughter was still in elementary school and lived under the same roof with me, she gave me a letter. She laid it on my desk carefully and conspicuously, without putting it inside

Living property ~ females then, animals now

First Published in Literary Yard, January 26, 2023Domestic animals are counted as a property of their owners. Property! (I need another word; my beloved cat is my family.) Ann Samolyk rescued her neighbor’s dog from drowning in a canal. Th

My love for the photographs of 1980’s India by B.Ashok

First published in RIC Journal, January 16, 2023 1. It was in his room at the university hostel where I saw for the first time his photos: portraits of North Indian rural people. Both of us were post graduate students at Jawaharlal Nehru U

Is That Racial Profiling?

First published in Indian Periodical, January 1, 2023 It seemed that he had called me. But I missed it. So, I called him back. But, he didn’t take it. After a few hours, he called me again, but I missed it again. Then, I called him back.

House of Tenten

First published in the Space Ink, December 31, 2022 1. This is my beloved cat. Her name is Tenzing. That’s a Tibetan name. We nicknamed her Tenten because that sounds lovelier and is easier to pronounce for Japanese. It is also to avoid th

Memoirs of Manipur

First published in Indian Periodical, November 13, 2022 I acquired his drawings at the group exhibition in New Delhi in 1988. I met the artist at the gallery, and conversed with him asking where he originally came from, because he looked

Our Only Heaven

First published in Literary Yard, November 22, 2022Dear Mahmud, I have no idea where you have gone after you passed away. You are a Muslim, and you had never been religious before. Then, as you aged, you visited the mosque regularly agai

My favorite hymn originated in the Philippines

First published in Literary Yard, November 22, 2022 “My favorite hymn.” This is the title I was given to write something about for a quarterly magazine of our small Anglican church. But it felt very difficult to choose just one. I spent m

English and Imperialism: Japan’s experience

First published in Indian Periodical, October 9, 2022Douglas Lummis says “I never heard the expression English conversation (eikaiwa) until I came to Japan” in his book published in 1971. He summarized briefly that “English conversation off

Floating Identity Torn Between Victim and Criminal

First published in Indian Periodical, October 16, 2022 During the Second World War, English was labelled “tekikoku-go”(language of enemies) in Japan and boycotted under the popular mass media’s self-censorship. Worse, Japanese government im

In 1972, Lest We Forget

First published in Literary Yard, October 23, 2022“Our heroes were poets, and poets were our heroes,”—Dr. Jose Dalisay Jr. Dear Mr. Karlo Sevilla, 1. Today is September 21, 2022. You told me that today, you attended a small event commemo

“Why India, and not America?” – my choice in 1970’s Japan

First published in Literary Yard, October 7, 2022The US hegemony began during the Second World War and peaked some thirty years later. 1. Life is strange. Sometimes, just a short encounter leads us somewhere we never expected. The Japanes

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