AUTHOR : NAVAL LANGA

Does a writer belong to a nation?

If the question is asked keeping in mind the writers like Rabindranath Tagoreor J. M. Coetzee, the answer is simply a big 'NO'.

It is just like a happy accident that a writer is borne in a particular piece of land called 'nation'.

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I have heard a proverb. Think before you speak and consult an old man before you write. So before I started writing this article I had tried to consult men and women above fifty. I can find many men. I am yet to hear from a lady above fifty.

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I have heard a proverb. Think before you speak and consult an old man before you write. So before I started writing this article I had tried to consult men and women above fifty. I can find many men. I am yet to hear from a lady above fifty.

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I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction.
--J. M. Coetzee

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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law. -- J. M. COETZEE

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Fresh protests in Kashmir; 2 killed, 130 injured

SRINAGAR: Two persons were killed and over 130 others, including JKLF chief Yasin Malik, injured in firing and baton charge by security forces as fresh protests rocked the Kashmir Valley on Friday, prompting authorities to clamp curfew in Baramulla and Shopian towns.

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