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Death was the sentence reserved for everyone of them, for all those who rejected a society of spineless, opportunist time-servers masquerading as artists, writers and intellectuals.
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Poems
हम गिरेंगे
मजदूर ज़्यादा गिरता इससे पहले ही मर गया,
इस मरने पर कुछ आवाज़ ज़िंदा हुई,
कुछ कलम ऊपर आये
कुछ टेलीविजन ने भी शोर मचाये
कुछ ने की शोक सभाएं…
Short stories
अधूरी पूर्णिमा
पूर्णिमा जब कोठियों की ओर जाने के लिए बस्ती की टेढ़ी-मेढ़ी गलियों से निकलती, तो रास्ते में इधर-उधर लेटे कुत्तों के झुंड उसे ऐसे देखते जैसे वह उनके ही परिवार का हिस्सा हो। वे सब साथ-साथ उसी बस्ती में रहते थे। रात के अंधेरे में भी ये कुत्ते …
Photo essay
The daily waiting game
The number of labour chowks, or nakas, is rapidly increasing along with the city’s expansion—a clear indication of the rising demand for labour. It is on the peripheries of places like Thane, Kalyan, Navi Mumbai, and Virar-Vasai that new chowks are emerging.
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The novel is set in Shimla. The author was born in present-day Pakistan, which was then part of undivided India. He wrote exclusively in English. While working in a restaurant to support himself, he attended University College London as an undergraduate and later studied at Cambridge University.