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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