Workshop # 4
Beast of Burden

All my life
I've lived
in the city of joy
called Calcutta
nay Kolkata
I've carried your weight around cheerfully,
never complaining
Now I'm tired
My strength have lessened
while the cost of subsistence have increased
And today you tell me
Hand pulled rickshaws will be banned henceforth
That I should change my calling
Can you tell me where would I find another one?
Do I not have a right to live?
Have I become a beast of burden for you?   

– Subhajit Ghosh
December 3, 2000        

Workshop # 4
Poetry
A Mute Audience – Pavalamani Pragasam
Beast of Burden – Subhajit Ghosh
Dignity – Hillol Ray
Don't Laugh on Other's Life – Vivek Saxena
Elected Silence! Talk to Me! – Seema Banerjee
Low on Green – Cynthia Proctor
Musings of the Mind – Bijal Dwivedi
Passing Life in Stride – Ahmed Tanhaa
Poor Man – Gummadi Venkata Reddy
Simple Dreams – Joseph Allen Hardy
Thanksgiving – B.K. Swaminathan
The Diary of a Relic – Smitha V
The Moment of Silence – Seema Banerjee
The Obsolete – Meenakshi Jha
The Runner – Hecletia
The Stare – Nicholas LaMattina
The Wait – MaryAnn Harrison
These Eyes – Helena Fernz
Your Eyes – Pili Pubul      
Articles/Stories 
A Simple Wish by Anton Piskac  
Bondage by Vasudevan Raghavan  
Contented Life by Pavalamani Pragasam
Dear Writer by Ramendra Kumar   
Empty Nest by Subhajit Ghosh
Karishma Kapoor in Benegal's Rainiya by Chitra Parayath
Musings on a Rare Friday Evening by Radhika Ramaswamy 
Point and Click by Maalok   
Rains by Tyr Anon    
Rains of Realization by Bijal Dwivedi   
So Babuji by Ashish Nangia
The Cycle of Life by Dr. CS Shah
The Last Photograph by Subrata Mukherjee 

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