Vol. 5 Num 129 Sat. October 02, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Literature   Short Story Turban Sitting in the dusty drawing room by the road, Khan Bahadur Mottaleb Saheb thinks. That he is thinking is evident from his eyes, which have heavy bags beneath them.   Arun Kolatkar (1932-2004): of coups, Quest and the letter When I sat down to write this tribute to Arun Kolatkar, the well-known Marathi and English poet who died on September 25 (as did a couple of days later the grand old man of Indian-English letters, Mulk   Introducing South Asian Poets in English: Kasiprasad Ghosh An exact coeval of Derozio, Kasiprasad Ghosh (1809-73) became the second Indian to publish a volume of English verse.   To a Dead Crow Gay minstrel of the Indian clime! How oft at morning's rosy prime When thou didst sing in caw, caw numbers, Vexed I've awoke from my sweet slumbers, And to avoid that hateful sound,     Advertisement