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Salutes to the Women of India and the World

Rise, O ladies and show us the way
We, the faltering, blundering, ‘male’, play

New GOPIO International team takes office; community Leader Prakash Shah is new president

Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) conducted its election last month and the new team was sworn in on January 31 at a virtual Zoom ceremony with veteran community leader from New Jersey Mr. Prakash Shah as its president.

The Ship of Life

On the sands where I now stand
The grains can bear my weight no more,

Let’s Treat The Past

Let’s treat the past with warmth and care,
For with every single passing day,

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The wrath of the gods

The frenzy that we see around
The trepidation and the terror,

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When I feel ashamed to be a Muslim

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Lockdown musings: When elephants return and peacocks fly away

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