The Journal
टिप्पणियाँ, निबंध, अभिलेखNotes, Essays, A Ledger
Occasional writing on art and culture, and a plain ledger of recognitions — held together at the back of the archive.
The Journal · Essays & Dispatches
3 recent
- 01
Essay
Mar 2026 · 9 min
The Quiet Arithmetic of Preservation
To preserve is not to freeze — it is to choose, each generation, which fragments are worth the labour of continuance.
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Dispatch
Feb 2026 · 6 min
Madhubani, Seen from a Tokyo Room
A note on Tokio Hasegawa’s Mithila Museum and the long diplomacy of pigment, plant and patience.
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Criticism
Dec 2025 · 11 min
Reading Dinkar, Slowly
On returning, in one’s sixth decade, to the poet one first learned by rote — and finding the music newly strange.
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The Ledger · Recognitions
8 honours
- 2024
Nai Dhara Samman
For lifetime contribution to Hindi literature.
- 2019–20
Bihar Kala Puraskar
Department of Art, Culture & Youth, Government of Bihar.
- 2019–20
Dinkar Kala Lekhan Samman
Government of Bihar — for writing on the arts.
- 2019
Gold Medal, 39th India International Trade Fair
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
- 2018
Gold Medal, 38th India International Trade Fair
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
- 2014
Gold Medal, 34th India International Trade Fair
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
- 2014–15
Rajbhasha Samman
Government of Bihar.
- 2014–15
Vikramshila Hindi Vidyapeeth Samman
For distinguished service to Hindi letters.