Saleem Peeradina (1944-2023) was a poet who taught as well as a teacher who wrote poetry

Peeradina’s former student and associate, the writer Salil Tripathi, pays a tribute to the poet and editor who died on February 12, 2023, at the age of 78.

Salil Tripathi

· Feb 16, 2023 · 08:30 am

Letter from London: What Elizabeth thought about the great issues of her time, we will never know

She was on the throne for seven decades but when news of her passing was announced, the British capital was characteristically unsentimental.

Salil Tripathi

· Sep 09, 2022 · 08:10 am

20 years since Godhra: What 2002 taught us

The idea of us and them got solidified. We learned to normalise the idea of revenge.

Salil Tripathi

· Feb 27, 2022 · 06:30 am

Nobel Peace Prize: How brave journalists like Maria Ressa expand freedoms for everyone

A tribute to the journalist from the Philippines, who will share this year’s prize with Dmitry Muratov of Russia.

Salil Tripathi

· Oct 09, 2021 · 09:00 am

How the pandemic has allowed governments to step up efforts to police their citizens’ thoughts

Worldwide, the cult of intolerance is growing, with the powerful seeking to silence those they disagree with.

Salil Tripathi

· Jul 08, 2021 · 09:00 am

Sunil Kothari (1933-2020): A great dance theoretician who was always full of childlike enthusiasm

Conversations with him were always rewarding. He was touched by the Greek muse Terpsichore, he understood what Shiva’s tandava nritya meant.

Salil Tripathi

· Dec 27, 2020 · 09:01 pm

Pushpa Bhave (1939-2020): Cultural critic, social activist, the embodiment of middle-class Mumbai

Her quarrel was with those who had the power and misused it, which meant, in effect, almost all governments.

Salil Tripathi

· Oct 11, 2020 · 07:30 am

The Art of Solitude: Ravi Shankar and Zubin Mehta’s ‘Raga Mala’ brings joy and optimism

‘This takes me back to a time when my paths seemed full of possibility, the future wide open, and worlds waiting to be conquered.’

Salil Tripathi

· Apr 01, 2020 · 11:30 am

Satire shot: My friend from the 21st floor prepares to screen Deepika Padukone’s ‘Chhapaak’

‘There has been some glitch in the computers, because thousands of people seem to have bought the same ticket, for the 6.50 pm show on Friday in Vadodara.’

Salil Tripathi

· Jan 09, 2020 · 06:30 pm

When German envoy met RSS chief, did he warn him about the perils of taking a majoritarian path?

Trade and business ties matter. So does conscience.

Salil Tripathi

· Jul 28, 2019 · 06:30 am

The newspaper that Behram Contractor aka Busybee started has closed down. His writings remain alive

‘The Afternoon Despatch and Courier,’ the Mumbai afternoon newspaper launched by Contractor in 1985, announced its closure on July 20, 2019.

Farzana Contractor

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Busybee

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Dom Moraes

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Vinod Mehta

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Salil Tripathi

· Jul 21, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘The dream we had all agreed to dream’ has been jolted: Ten years of ‘Offence: The Hindu Case’

I said that the forces of Hindutva would make India look like Nazi Germany or Talibanist Afghanistan. The saffron brigade is doing its best to prove me right.

Salil Tripathi

· Jun 29, 2019 · 05:45 pm