The self-realisation of Southasia as a single, cohesive space inhabited by multiple peoples took a beating with the partition of the Subcontinent in 1947. 'Nation state-ism' arrived along
The thinker Satish Kumar on the divide between the two lndias – the affluent urbs and the other that is "based on land and livelihood, people and forests".
In
Do be sure
To be secure of fate
Before you embrace
The subtle curvature
Hunger has emerged as robustly sustainable in the Southasian heartland.
The last roti is for her
With which
She has to craft
The next day's sun.
– Premranjan Animesh in Pichhali Roti
Mao Zedong is believed to have said
