Tag: Jamlo Makdam

A Tribute to Tagore in the Time of COVID-19

Post author By Ashok Nag
Post date June 4, 2020
Categories In COVID-19, George Floyd Death, Tagore Poem, Where the mind is without fear

In this time of COVID-19 let us recall that poem of Tagore which was a clarion call for fearlessness, adherence to reason, universal humanism and empathy for “Others” who are not us. In this tribute to Tagore I have elaborated Tagore’s original lines (in red, italics and underlined) to emphasize that nothing much has […]

Cry Jamlo Makdam Cry

Post author By Ashok Nag
Post date May 11, 2020
Categories In Jews Billionaire

In a heartbreaking tragedy, a 12-year-old child labour – Jamlo Makdam died on 20th April after walking for 150 km from her workplace Bhupalpally in Telengana to her native place, Bijapur district in Chattisgarh. She was working in Chilly fields in Kannaiguda village. see here I have written a poem in her memory. Cry not […]