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[Author: Shivani Chaudhry | Date Published: 12 September 2009] September 12, 1977: The day Steve Biko, a thirty-year-old, anti-apartheid activist and leader of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa was murdered in a prison. In memory of Biko, I wrote this piece, a while ago... Even though we might occupy different social political geographic spaces, and might have different histories, I think (through a philological understanding) there is something in each of us that Biko speaks to... Remembering Biko ~ Shivani Chaudhry ~ he was named "bantu" an isiXhosa word meaning "people" but it is a rare individual who can live up to such a name stephen bantu biko was not just a person but a collectivity, a movement, a legacy the spoken conscience of a people that lives on 32 years after his cold blooded murder in a south african prison. 32 years later biko, it's still a cruel world. just life, not a just life. the politics of exclusion h...

मल्हार में मेघा धीमे आंसुओं की बरसात में गरजना धड़कते दिल का मिलन में बहार धुंधले  सपनों  का करीबी में  फ़ासला  ज़ालिम  जुदाई का इश्क की चांदनी में तरसती हूँ  तुम्हारी  इक बूँद के लिए

COR DO  CORAÇÃO ~ Shivani Chaudhry ~ A dor do coração não sabe palavras nem tempo Tal como o amor São cores da mesma pintura Claro, escuro, às vezes Quem determina E´a luz do coração Que esta luz não se apague Que o coração sonhe sempre Que continue a amar com a força Do vento, do sol e do mar Que a dor desapareça Na alegria do sol A cada dia, cada manhã Depois da longa noite, a madrugada A esperança e a fé no amor Nasçam nos raios do sol ~~~ [Image credit: Elizabeth Chapman]