*SUNSET OF THE CENTURY: Rabindranath Tagore THE LAST SUN OF THE CENTURY SETS AMIDST THE BLOOD-RED COLOURS OF THE WEST AND THE WHIRLWIND OF HATRED. THE NAKED PASSION OF SELF-LOVE OF NATIONS IN ITS DRUNKEN DELIRIUM OF GREED IS DANCING TO THE CLASH OF STEEL AND THE HOWLING VERSES OF VENGEANCE. THE HUNGRY SELF OF THE NATION SHALL BURST IN A VIOLENCE OF FURY FROM ITS OWNSHAMELESS FEEDING FOR IT HAS MADE THE WORLDITS FOOD, AND LICKING IT, CRUNCHING IT AND SWALLOWING IT IN BIG MORSELS, IT SWELLS AND SWELLS TILL IN THE MIDST OF ITS UNHOLY FEAST DESCENDS THE SUDDEN HEAVEN PIERCING ITS HEART OF GROSSNESS… *Note: “The Sunset of the Century”, translated by the poet, from Naivedya; The English Writings of Rabindranathtagore, Volume II,Delhi 1996, page 466. Quoted in his article ‘Critiquing nationalism’ by K Satchidanandan (Frontline, November 14, 2014). The article takes you to a much broader spectrum. HAPPY READING(READ MORE STAN
with inter-ministerial scope, funded a tax need to be taken seriously,
not for immediate induction of Rahul Gandhi into the Central Cabinet,
but for handling the underlying frustration of the common man arising
from L & G accumulation of all kinds, not just around Railway
property, but across the geographical area of the nation, on
roadsides, in rivers, around places of worships and so on, in addition
to the shiploads of ‘waste’ generated faster by use of substandard
material in industry, construction and service.
Living in Kerala, I find the crossfire among political leaders, state
government authorities and municipal bodies, media and enlightened
social workers on the method of handling waste. Awareness of the kind
the author of the article has exhibited through his concern not to add
to the heaps of garbage along railway tracks, should be created in the
minds of public by appropriate incentives and disincentives