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दरिया भी मैं , दरख़्त भी मैं.... झेलम भी मैं , चिनार भी मैं। ..दैर भी हूँ ,हरम भी हूँ.....शिया भी हूँ ,सुन्नी भी हूँ ,मैं हूँ पंडित...…  मैं था और मैं ही रहूंगा।  मूवी -हैदर  इरफ़ान खान।  BY अंकुश शर्मा  मशहूर एक्टर इरफान खान 54 वर्ष की उम्र में दुनिया को अलविदा कह  गये , पर जो भी आदमी  इरफ़ान खान की शखसियत और  उनकी  अदाकारी से परिचित  हैं | उन्होंने कभी  ये नहीं सोचा होगा की इस अभिनेता को   ज़िन्दगी इतना कम समय  देगी | जब उनको अपनी बीमारी , यानी की न्यूरोएंडोक्राइन ट्यूमर का पता चला तो , उन्होंने एक बहुत खूबसूरत संदेश ऑडिओ  नोट के जरिए ,  सोशल मीडिया पे शेयर किया | " मेरे शरीर के अंदर अनवांटेड मेहमान  बैठे हुए है , उनके साथ वार्तालाप चल रहा है ,देखते हैं  किस कर्वट ऊंट बैठता है " उनका पूरा सन्देश निचे दिए इस लिंक में  है। इस सन्देश के आखिर में , वे अपने सभी चाहने वालों को  कहते हैं , की  वेट फॉर मी  | हम तो उनका वेट कर रहे थे  ,पर आज की खबर हम सब...

Dear All , Kaavish Post is trying to collect and compile diverse experiences of people during COVID-19 crisis.  As most of us are sailing in almost same boat, though some sections of society are worst hit and still struggling for their survival . This sharing of feeling will help us in creating a connection with each other as a society, which many of us has lost in the time of Social Distancing. Many persons who are able to eat three times a day and have a house to live are unable to deal with their thoughts, feelings, anxiety, loss of hope, pessimism, and other sort of issues. Others from working class are struggling to arrange next meal for their family and for themselves. Health workers (including sanitary workers, nurses and doctors), philanthropist, activists and others are working on ground, facing risk of infection but giving their best to bring our country out of this crisis. At this point of time we students can try to reconnect this society on the l...

By Himanshoo Atri The caste system, where or how did it start and how does it end? I don’t have a precise answer to this question but what I vaguely remember is one childhood memory from my school days. I think I was in class 3 rd /4 th when the Hindi teacher was teaching us about our first President Dr. Rajinder Prasad,   could be his biography by some female reporter who visited his residency, and while asking him personal life questions she inquired about his wife. The honorable President of India stated that she is a nice woman but didn’t want anyone else except Brahmin to be a cook in her kitchen. At that time, I had recently done the formalities of being a SC student in my school and was introduced to the caste system. To date, the way the teacher delivered this particular incident in the class strikes me; the teacher explained it in a very casual but indifferent way. I still think about it but now I know the caste philosophy behind it. I wonder what if the teacher had c...

गोपालदास "नीरज"   जिन मुश्किलों में मुस्कुराना हो मना, उन मुश्किलों में मुस्कुराना धर्म है। जिस वक़्त जीना गैर मुमकिन सा लगे, उस वक़्त जीना फर्ज है इंसान का, लाजिम लहर के साथ है तब खेलना, जब हो समुन्द्र पे नशा तूफ़ान का जिस वायु का दीपक बुझना ध्येय हो उस वायु में दीपक जलाना धर्म है। हो नहीं मंजिल कहीं जिस राह की उस राह चलना चाहिए इंसान को जिस दर्द से सारी उम्र रोते कटे वह दर्द पाना है जरूरी प्यार को जिस चाह का हस्ती मिटाना नाम है उस चाह पर हस्ती मिटाना धर्म है। आदत पड़ी हो भूल जाने की जिसे हर दम उसी का नाम हो हर सांस पर उसकी खबर में ही सफ़र सारा कटे जो हर नजर से हर तरह हो बेखबर जिस आँख का आखें चुराना काम हो उस आँख से आखें मिलाना धर्म है। जब हाथ से टूटे न अपनी हथकड़ी तब मांग लो ताकत स्वयम जंजीर से जिस दम न थमती हो नयन सावन झड़ी उस दम हंसी ले लो किसी तस्वीर से जब गीत गाना गुनगुनाना जुर्म हो तब गीत गाना गुनगुनाना धर्म है।

By Mansi Walia Any violence committed in domestic sphere against members of house, irrespective of gender, age, marital status, etc, is DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Well, it can have various forms but one thing among all of them is common- it mostly and usually comes from your own. And that’s the most tragic part because societal pressure to maintain relationships forces the victims to be silent. Not to forget that they’re the weak targets which adds on to their silent misery. There’s a popular narrative that dowry is the only cause of domestic violence in India. Whenever we hear or read news taglines such as “woman suffered burn injuries due to cylinder blast or due to kerosene”, “woman suffers heckling and thrashing by in laws or husband”, we take no moment to conclude that it must be due to dowry demand. Well, it is true that Dowry is the major cause behind Domestic violence against women but then how does this conclusion address the other forms of domestic violence? Does it addres...

Poem by  देवनाथ ठाकुर (भारतीय)                                                          सत्यमेव जयते            सावधान रहो       सावधान  रहो         सावधान रहो                 "अब भी अपनी हरकत कि पहचान करो"     हम कुदरत से जुदा हैं रहते, फिदा हैं रहते हरकत में     सत्य कर्म से हट कर रहते, सटकर रहते मतलब में    अरमान - शान - जागीर के कारण, रहते सदा हम गफलत में     दूसरों को शोषण करने को, रहते सदा हम हिकमत में    अपनी कसूर काबुल ना करते, रहते दूसरों के मत्थे मढने में     आदिम से आदिम फुट करने, का नीति रहते हम गढ़ने में   करनी तो हम है करते, कहते...

      Poem by देवनाथ ठाकुर (भारतीय)     हमारी बुरी आदत, बिगाडी दुनिया की हालत ! जय जगत कहो, जय जगत कहो, जय जगत कहो सभी भाई आपस में मिल- जुलकर रहना, करना नहीं लडाई || कोरोना  से सब सबक सिखो, अब भी आओ होश में जाति - वर्ण - मजहब के पीछे क्यों रहते बदहोश में ||                           "तब क्या करे " आओ आदिम सबक सीखो, दुनिया के आदिम एक हो। आदिम का औलाद है आदिम, चाहे देश अनेक हो।। कोरोना  से ही सबक सीखो सब, लगता दुनिया सब एक हो। उसी तरह रहना सब सीखे, जिनका सही विवेक हो।।                            "अब ऐसा करो " जय जगत कहो, जय जगत कहो, दुनिया के आदिम भाई हो। आदिम के औलाद है आदिम, दुनिया के आदिम भाई हो।। कुदरत ने तो नहीं बनाया, मुस्लिम - हिन्दू भाई हो। कुदरत से हिरफत हम करके, किया आदिम...

Ankush Sharma (Gucci)   Humans are never independent of their environment; their rationality is shaped by the structures that govern them such as family, economy and polity. In modernity the political and economic structures (that form the embodiment of state) have a privilege over the social structures (Society). Therefore the state considers itself responsible for the development of its ‘human resource’ by the means of social engineering to make society more democratic and modern. It makes a perception of a ‘developing society’ with a progressive ‘role of state'. I am here making a proposition that society is progressing towards rationality and justice, which in other words means weakening of traditional oppressive structures based on patriarchy and caste.  This proposition now raises a pertinent question: why state is so much concerned with the progress of society? Which has two sets of explanation; one is based on the interest of state and the other concentrates on t...

By Manik Sharma The present pandemic has hit all spheres of human activity. Whether socio, economic or political it is creeping down, depth of which is a specter. At economic front the heavy reliance on industry and service sector is slowed down, even on the verge of closure.  At s ocial front the existing cleavages of various forms of inequalities like class, race, caste, regional, developmental etc. are joining hands with the pandemic. The pandemic which triggered as a biological phenomenon has now slipped into economic, political and social spheres. The spread of pandemic in all spheres of society can prove more dangerous in a country like India with inadequate infrastructure and fragile social identities. Governments are trying their best to control the pandemic largely through regulating human behavior. Based on researches in social sciences human behavior is usually predicted but in normal situations. The pandemic is new and a crisis is knocking. Therefore in a situatio...

By Afshan Mirza “Nature has a way of replenishing itself and the mankind” and it is very apt to the prevailing situation of world around. Corona has been a major blow inclusively to all the existing structures and institutions. All of a sudden, it was realized how unprepared the world is to confront the challenges of pandemic. The Spanish flu of 1918, considered as one of the most deadly Pandemic in human history, took lives of millions of people behind Black Death. The Black Death, estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of European population. It took 200 years for Europeans to recover to its previous level, and Florence didn’t recover until the 19th century, causing greater upheaval to Europe’s social and political structure . Italian chronicler Agnolo di Tura recorded his experience from Siena about Black Death. Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to strike through the breath and sight. And so they died. And none could be found to...

By Mansi Walia I was thinking to try the ‘Dalgona coffee trend’ while reading current headlines about covid-19. And there I came across A Report of The National Commission for Women (NCW), recording a more than twofold rise in gender-based violence.  The total complaints from women rose from 116 in the first week of March (March 2- 8), to 257 in the final week of March (March 23-April 1). Complaints of rape or attempted rape have risen sharply from two to 13, while cases of domestic violence have increased from 30 to 69 over the same comparative period. Amidst this lockdown when few of us are privileged enough to live comfortably, there exists a large section of society which doesn’t enjoy this privilege. And the women, victims of unnoticed domestic violence are the part of that underprivileged section. Unfortunately, when ‘staying home’ is the safest thing to do today, it’s definitely not safe for those women. Whenever we hear or read the word “Domestic Violence”, the image of a...