These are the observations and revelations penned by an activist and filmmaker, Surya Shankar Dash , who has been relentlessly documenting the atrocities on th…
I love animals. I hate to see them dying on TV or on the roads. But I love mutton too. I do not like what the US of A has done to the world. But I'd lov…
(This was first published in the June 2011 edition of Himal Southasian magazine.) Earlier, what went on in the jungle remained in the jungle. But n…
(This article first appeared in OPEN magazine: Vol 03, Issue 6, dated May 11-17, 2011) When Rajesh Jala made one documentary on the son of a militant and ano…
Dear Baba, Everything pales to the warm feeling of returning home. If leaving home means the search for wisdom, then returning home means wisdom soaked under …
(This article originally appeared in Tehelka: Vol. 8 Issue 14, dated April 9, 2011) After walking hundreds of kilometres, an Adivasi rally arrives in Mumbai. P…
you saved my skin from the harsh sun behind my extravagant purdah you helped fight pimples on my skin with the steam from the stove you made my arms and cal…