NB: The brutality of religious tyrants is reminiscent of the medieval Catholic Inquisition. This is disgrace and affront to justice and to humanity. The world is witness to an assault on young people, from Gaza to American campuses, to Iran. Nationalism divides us and makes us blind to the need for human solidarity. Wake up… Read More Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting
NB: The only book by Greil Marcus that I’ve come across is The Dustbin of History; a set of incisive literary essays, mostly book reviews and cultural cum historical meditation. Well worth reading. As is this essay. DS whatever language is the language of your work, if I can move anyone else as that work… Read More Greil Marcus: Why I Write
Her first audience was the sheep and horses she herded in rural Pakistan, but she became a national hero. So why is this folk music icon reduced to living in a makeshift house? Aina J. Khan In a bootleg video from the 1990s, an entire audience of Pakistani men in shalwar kameezes stare transfixed as… Read More The Nightingale of Peshawar
उड जायेगा हंस अकेलाजग दर्शन का मेला ।।Kumar Gandharva – Ud Jayega Song: Ud jayega hans akela jag darshan ka mela.. Lyrics with English translation Singer And Composer: Pandit Kumar Gandharva (1924- 1992) Dewas (M.P) India LYRICS :-Ud Jayega Huns Akela,Jug Darshan Ka MelaJaise Paat Gire Taruvar Se,Milna Bahut DuhelaNaa Jane Kidhar Girega,Lageya Pawan Ka… Read More उड जायेगा हंस अकेला / जग दर्शन का मेला – Remembering Mahatma Gandhi
Song by Puscifer Nature, nurture heaven and homeSum of all, and by them, drivenTo conquer every mountain shownBut I’ve never crossed the river Braved the forests, braved the stoneBraved the icy winds and fireBraved and beat them on my ownYet I’m helpless by the river Angel, angel, what have I done?I’ve faced the quakes, the… Read More The Humbling River
The National – ‘The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness’ Maybe I listen more than you thinkI can tell that somebody sold youWe said we’ve never let anyone inWe said we’d only die of lonely secrets [Pre-Chorus]The system only dreams in total darknessWhy are you hiding from me?We’re in a different kind of thing nowAll… Read More The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
NB: For all those who think violence will put an end to violence; and that it’s not their problem anyway Are You Still Alive picture yourselfthe best way you canput it onlineand live up to it never weakeverything goes welland no alarmseverything to keep the dream alive nothing ever brings you downit is not your… Read More The Bony King of Nowhere – Are You Still Alive
Paul Daley Given humankind’s recent showcasing of its infinite capacity to inflict misery upon itself, joy sometimes seems so elusive as to be borderline extinct. It sometimes feels near impossible to find moments of beauty, let alone a line of them, in such a distressing world. And, so, given that beauty may now be a… Read More In a distressing world, moments of beauty seem elusive. I found one in a Sydney theatre
Rob Hirst Whistleblowers get a raw deal in Australia. They risk their health, careers and reputations to bring the rest of us the truth about Australia bugging East Timor during critical oil and gas negotiations, about SAS war crimes in Afghanistan, about US gunship murders of civilians in the Middle East. Like the other songs… Read More The Strongest Memory
When the Taliban moved closer to Kabul in the early days of August 2021, a series of unusual advertisements flooded the shopping pages on Afghan social media. Musicians were putting their instruments and equipment – the tools of their trade – up for sale. Many were being offered for a fraction of what they were worth. Yet,… Read More The Taliban’s fear of art is killing Afghan culture
After the truth-shower 