Shrinkhal Khemraj is a child poet of an era of transition from post-modernism to post-humanism. And he is worried about all the things which are vanishing as a result. The vanishing things have made his dreams nightmarish.
He was born into a Buddhist family. Converts to Buddhism from a Dalit background, his family believes in and upholds…[Read more]

Illustrated script of a stage play created by the author, a peace dialogue among an American Christian, an Israeli Jew, a Saudi Arabian Muslim, and a Japanese Buddhist. It draws from the conflict resolution process pioneered by Johan Galtung and practiced in Peace Studies classes taught by the author and others at Osaka Jogakuin University. It…[Read more]

इस लेख में बहुजन साहित्य की अवधारणा की आवश्यकता को रेखांकित किया गया है। बहुजन साहित्य की अवधारणा का पैमाना लेखक का कुल लेखकीय-वैचारिक अवदान है। इसलिए द्विज समुदाय से आने वाले ऐसे लेखकों के लिए भी इसमें स्थान है, जिनकी दृढ पक्षधरता इन वंचित तबकों के प्रति हो। जैसा कि हम फारवर्ड प्रेस में कहते आए हैं कि यह अवधारण…[Read more]

The concept of Bahujan literature is based on the sum total of the literary contribution of a writer. Hence, it also has place for Dwij writers with an unflinching commitment to the cause of the deprived communities. As we have been arguing in the columns of FORWARD Press, the concept of Bahujan literature is a huge umbrella, under which Dalit,…[Read more]

Abstract of my full article published on disability and masculinity in the Global South.

This article explores the tradition of Bacha Posh in Afghan culture as depicted in Afghan-American Nadia Hashimiʼs debut novel The Pearl that Broke its Shell (2014). In this novel, Hashimi shows how Afghan girls are obliged to cross-dress and live dual lives as boys for several years to lay claim for their rights to education and freedom of…[Read more]

[COMPLETE OPEN-ACCESS CURRICULUM INCLUDED] ReDesigning the Future is the second project in the ReImagining the Future series launched by Greenbacker Capital and Global Citizenship Experience Lab School. By asking “how can we design a sustainable future?,” the purpose of this project is to understand the grand challenges we must overcome to achieve…[Read more]

On Ernest Miller Hemingway’s 121st anniversary, this book review celebrates his nobel-winning masterpiece, Old Man and the Sea.

This article was written on the 75th anniversary of the classic work of George Orwell, Animal Farm. It was written amidst the first wave of Covid-19. There are many differences between a communist regime and a democratic system and both can’t be compared directly. But what I saw in India had certain elements in common with Animal Farm i.e. t…[Read more]

This 23-minute presentation at the University of Hyogo in Kobe goes more deeply into the biography of Steve McCarty than appears in his long chapter in the new book A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives. Formative influences discussed include Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, Tibetan yoga, and Zen. Places include Boston, the Taos P…[Read more]