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Manzar Bhopali

Manzar Bhopali spoke his first Ghazal in 1977 and attended his first mushaira as a shair in 1978 (Bhopal). His first International Mushaira was in Karachi in 1987. His first publication was "Yeh Saadi Hamari Hai ('91)", followed by "Zindagi ('92)","Lahoo Rang Mausam('96)" ,"Lava (2000)", and followed by the latest "Manzar Ek Bulandi Par (2002)". Manzar lives in Bhopal with his wife Tabassum anddaughters Ziana & Anamta.

Visit Manzar's website where you can hear some of his recitals

Kidhar ko jaa'enge ahl-e-safar nahin

"Anarko" font designed by Peter Bruhn of Fountain, Malmö, Sweden and used by kind permission.

Anarko and Uncle Thief

Anarko is a girl. you can tell that she is a girl by the clothes she wears. Actually you can tell that she is a girl even when she is not wearing any clothes. If you ask her her age she would say, "I could be ten, twenty, thirty, forty or even fifty but actually I am ten". If she is in a good mood she will ask you why you always comb your hair so neatly, and do you sleep with your mother or your wife, and why is glue so yucky and why don't you ever ever bring almond candies for her. And if she is not in a good mood? If she is not in a good mood she won't talk to you. Such is Anarko.

The first of a series of Anarko stories, recording soon in Hindi and English.

Recording soon.

Death Smog

A poem written by Lawrence Swan, a survivor of the Twin Towers terrorist catastrophe of September 11, 2001.

Lawrence sent us his poem as a contribution to last year's 20th Bhopal anniversary and it has headlined the site ever since. We want to reach out to all who have suffered great terror and who must now live with the aftermath.

Read Death Smog and other poems by Lawrence Swan.

Torture Me: The Survivor's poem

First saw light of day in 1998, the original was in Hindi, but various English versions have circumnavigated the net many times over and the work is in some danger of becoming famous. It changes every year as more years pass without justice, and is updated to reflect the latest horrors. Read it here.

Bhopal by Ian Hartill

A short and moving piece contrasting the poisoning of Bhopal with the poet's peaceful home in Wales.

Read the poem here.