Dr Saulat Nagi

If human life is an archetype of freedom, civilisation is all about repression. Sigmund Freud stated these words without having bare minimum knowledge that his psychological analysis would bring comic relief to those who would suppress human thought for their own ends. Nietzsche was the other victim of same tragedy whose idea of free-will became an instrument in advancing the hideous ideology of … [Read more...] about Striptease of freedom

While excavating an interred past a thorough search in the heap of eclipsed memory brings home some faint shadow, which could be frustrating but a productive and qualitatively different outcome is equally possible. On a cold and grey night, shivering with the chill in the air a child clad in warm clothes, sitting beside his grandma in a Chevrolet, was wheezing and coughing. Each bout stifled his … [Read more...] about The subversive past

Planet America, this is where the American people live in a state of denial, indifference and Alzheimer’s. For an indoctrinated majority, which suffers alienation, apartheid, and apprehension, the inherent anarchy of the system, the dream of a ‘land of opportunity’ has come to a halt. It is a universe of an abstract freedom, where domination perpetuates not in the masqueraded … [Read more...] about Faithless face behind the religious mask

Planet America, this is where the American people live in a state of denial, indifference and Alzheimer’s. For an indoctrinated majority, which suffers alienation, apartheid, and apprehension, the inherent anarchy of the system, the dream of a ‘land of opportunity’ has come to a halt. It is a universe of an abstract freedom, where domination perpetuates not in the masqueraded … [Read more...] about Faithless face behind the religious mask

Borrowing the negative expression of Dickens one can state, “it was the worst of time, age of foolishness, epoch of incredulity, season of darkness” yet it was not the winter of despair. Vietnam was on fire so was the young generation of the imperialist state, which was decimating everything that flew to everything that moved. In such an apocalypse, when napalm and Agent Orange were … [Read more...] about Give peace a chance

  Certain movies leave an indelible mark on one’s memory. ‘Come September’ was one of those classics. Even today transcending the temporal barriers,its soft music continues to vibrate and cherish the viewer’s memory. What a soothing impact it has. Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida have eclipsed in the mist of time yet a reflection on their prodigious acting quickens … [Read more...] about Come September

The movie "Seven-year itch" provided a delectable expression to Eros, which culminated with a gush of breeze exposing the beautiful architecture of Marilyn. By her innocent, guiltless, and irrationalized gesture of amazement at the exposure of her crafty structure she actually freed the sensuality from the soul proving MokokomaMokhonoanasuccinct that "it's the invention of clothes and not nature, … [Read more...] about Doomed to freedom

Both Panama and Noriega are so intimately interconnected that separating one from the other appears to be an imponderable task. The history of succession of Panama from Columbia was more a farce than actual freedom. The initial attempt to dig a canal was stained by a scandal, which found more than a hundred French legislators wallowed in the mire of corruption. It is small wonder that the state … [Read more...] about About Panamas and Noriegas

Both Panama and Noriega are so intimately interconnected that separating one from the other appears to be an imponderable task. The history of succession of Panama from Columbia was more a farce than actual freedom. The initial attempt to dig a canal was stained by a scandal, which found more than a hundred French legislators wallowed in the mire of corruption. It is small wonder that the state … [Read more...] about About Panamas and Noriegas

“My word Brian it was a sitter” thus roared the voice of a legendary cricket commentator the late Omar Kureishi on BBC radio who along with Brian Johnston and Alan Gibson once induced cardiac flutters among the serene hearts of listeners. It was 1967 when Pakistan led by the legendary Hanif Mohammad was battling to avoid imminent defeat in the third and final Test at the Oval. As the … [Read more...] about That is not cricket