To our leaders

So finally I have moved all my poems to a new blog. Posted my first poem over there , a few minutes back
An Extract:-
Oh! sire , we , who are thee?
We are gullible , you say we are free.
Our freedom seems to have made us insane,
Democracy in reality seems inane.
You can read it [...]

THE GLASS PALACE BY AMITAV GHOSH(book review)

Image from here.
The book takes us into the lives of three generations. The central character being Rajkumar . The book starts with the erstwhile Burmese empire being annexed into British India , where , as the rulers are on their way into exile Rajkumar (then about 11) falls in love with Dolly(about 10) one of [...]