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“My poem is not at all about Mahatma Gandhiji, it is about our society and what we have done to Gandhiji's values. It is, in fact, an unending poem, because we have not stopped destroying the ...
BJP’s Vikas Yatra: Poem on Gandhi’s role in freedom struggle stokes controversy. The controversial episode reportedly happened at the CM Rise School, a state government school, ...
The poems below are the 56th and 57th from the series. Through 100 pages of 'Poetry as Evidence', Outlook presents a selection of poems and verses that have moved us, and we feel these serve as ...
In his poem, “The Hollow Men ... Both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela are soulful leaders -- giants worthy of our admiration and praise. But wouldn’t it benefit our wellbeing and prosperity ...
In the letter to poet Vasant Gurjar, Jnanpith awardee Bhalchandra Nemade wrote: “In my opinion your poem, Gandhi Mala Bethala is one of the best poems on Mahatma Gandhi so far published in ...
A poem criticising Mahatma Gandhi recited by a school student appears to have sparked a new political flashpoint in Madhya Pradesh. The poem, recited at an event in Seoni's CM Rise School, ...
Meena Kandasamy is a spark waiting to be ignited. The conspicuous absence of poet Sugathakumari, who was supposed to release the translation of Kandasamy’s phen ...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the plea of a bank employee who had challenged framing of charges against him for publishing an alleged "vulgar and obscene" poem on Mahatma ...
The Madhya Pradesh Education Department has issued a show-cause notice to a government school teacher after a student recited a poem critical of Mahatma Gandhi during a function.
Cairo: A poem titled “Gandhi” by Egyptian poet Ahmad Shawqi on the role of Mahatma Gandhi in India’s independence struggle took the centre stage at Cairo hotel, the venue of Prime Minister ...