Kazi Nazrul Islam P3 Equality  I sing the song of equality— Here, fresh happiness blossoms Into the hearts of all men And fresh life on all faces. Comrade, nobody is a king here, nobody a subject, Nobody poor, nobody wealthy; Nobody eats broken bits of rice here, Nobody milk-film-cream. [...]

Kazi Nazrul Islam (p2) A CALL FROM BEHIND Dear! Wilt thou remember me in thy new home? There dost thou begin the world under new auspices with new offerings Deserted is now the leafy cottage; its shady neighborhood where we two first exchanged our looks, where every particle of [...]

Kazi Nazrul Islam (p1) "Bidrohi" ["The Rebel"] ( December 1921), as translated by Kabir Choudhary Weary of struggles, I, the great rebel, Shall rest in quiet only when I find The sky and the air free of the piteous groans of the oppressed. Only when the battle fields are cleared [...]

Saj Ghafoor OBE Director of Strategy & Partnerships - Multicultural Cumbria Muslim Mother of four, Grandmother of ten, business woman, community engager, founder of Multicultural Cumbria and Culture Bazaar. Having lived in Carlisle for 47 years, with many many conversations with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, heritages and cultures, [...]