Surjit Patar's latest poems were about the inclusive culture of Punjab, the decline of the Punjabi language, mass migration to foreign lands and empathy for the Bihari labourers.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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