Poetry, and nonfictions

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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

“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