Badri Raina
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No More A Sack of Potatoes
BADRI RAINA | Caravan Daily
A conspiracy seems afoot
To prove Moody’s wrong;
Why else would a million farmers
Capital streets throng?
They no longer seem fragmented,
Gullible, superstitious,
But bunched...
True Nationalism
BADRI RAINA | Caravan DailyAny “true nationalist” would know
Who enslaved the sanaatan Indian mind—
It was that wily Macaulay
And his obliging subsequent kind.
For two distorted centuries now
His...
The Great Wipe Out
BADRI RAINA | Caravan Daily
This was the day the wand was waived
And currency turned to paper;
When was the last the world had seen
So heroic...
Misplaced Emphases
Misplaced EmphasesBADRI RAINA | Caravan DailyI ask you, how do you judge
An expansive nation?—
By the number of people out of work,
Or the numbers having fun?
Do...
Remembering Raj Begum
Badri Raina | Caravan Daily
Sixty years after, eyes bleakWith age, I see the swoopOf swallows skim the richSkin of the waters near theZero bridge...
Breaking
Around 80% of Palestinian Prisoners Suffer from Scabies in Israeli Jails: Advocacy Group
Children are among those affected by disease amid repeated...
‘She Wishes She had Died’: Gaza’s Amputee Children Left to Suffer as Israel Blocks Treatment
1,134 children have undergone amputation in the Gaza Strip...
Israel’s President Picks Eisenkot over Netanyahu to Form Next Government
The former army chief has 28 days to build...
Nashik Mosque Status, Waqf Property Ownership Under Scrutiny
The trust chairman says the sale of defunct sanatorium...