Poetry, and nonfictions

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Literary writings appeared in e-journals

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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

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

Water, my dear South Indian friend (my letter to Akella Ramani)

First published in Literary Yard, October 7, 20221. It was in 1987. I was a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, under the scholarship of the Indian government. Being a student of anthropology, I was required to learn a local language,