‘Random Readings With Kumar Vikram’ gives space to all kinds of authors-major, minor, new ones, old and forgotten ones, also those under the making!! It is a purely non-commercial podcast started for the sheer love of books! Season I Episodes bring readings in English , Season II brings Episodes in Hindi. Kumar Vikram, is a publishing editor of 25 years standing, and author of three books—‘Short Essays’ (2002), ‘T S Eliot: An Intensive Study of Selected Poems’ (2005; Co-author with Prof. Arun Kumar Sinha), the latest being ‘Men’s Lib and Other Literary, Cultural and Personal Essays’ (2023).
Reading “Homage to Mahatma” to observe 75th Anniversary of Martyrdom of Gandhiji
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi called the ‘Father of the Nation’ was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at New Delhi. He was 78. The assassin fired three bullets into Gandhiji’s chest. 30 January is also observed as Martyrs Day to honour his martyrdom as well that of all martyrs who laid down their lives for the cause of country’s independence and national unity.
Today, 30 January 2023, is the 75th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi. In the aftermath of his assassination, tributes poured in from world over mourning the violent death of the apostle of peace and non-violence. Some of the important messages were compiled and published by Publications Division in a book form titled ‘Homage to Mahatma’ in 1948.
In this episode, I read out some of the obituaries received from global leaders. The book has been structured as messages received from different continents; and I follow almost similar structure with some minor variations in sequence to read, remember and reflect on the impact left by the Great Gandhiji.
22 Jan 2023
Reading of Text and Poems from ‘Indian English Women Poets’ by Anisur Rahman And Ameena Kazi Ansari
Today I bring to you readings from a very special and significant study titled ‘Indian English Women Poets’ compiled and edited and with an introduction by Prof Anisur Rahman and Prof Ameena Kazi Ansari; and published in 2009 by Creative Books, New Delhi.
This study has 625 pages or so and has, besides the introduction, critical essays, interviews, readers’ response, poetspeak, and a selection of 20 poems each of six poets, namely, Kamla Das, Lakshmi Kannan, Debjani Chatterjee, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Shanta Acharya, and Smita Agarwal. It also has a comprehensive bibliography on Indian English Women Poets from 1876-2006 compiled by Shyamala A Narayan.
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This episode has three segments
In the first segment, I read the Preface, in the second segment, some excerpts from the Introduction are read, and in the last segment one poem each of the poets mentioned above as included in this volume are brought to you.
4 Jan 2023
बाबू महेश नारायण द्वारा रचित (1881) हिंदी खड़ी बोली की प्रथम लंबी कविता “स्वप्न” का पाठ
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आज इस एपिसोड में मैं पटना निवासी बाबू महेश नारायण (1858-1907) द्वारा रचित हिंदी खड़ी बोली की प्रथम लंबी कविता “स्वप्न” का पाठ प्रस्तुत कर रहा हूँ। इस कविता का पाठ साहित्य अकादमी द्वारा प्रकाशित पुस्तक “खड़ी बोली का पद्य (पहला और दूसरा भाग)-संकलियता मुज़फ़्फ़रपुर निवासी अयोध्या प्रसाद खत्री व संपादक रामनिरंजन परिमलेन्दु से किया जा रहा है।
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