Faiz ahmed kidwai biography of christopher

IN THE LATE 1940s, the 18-year-old American poet WS Merwin made a pilgrimage to Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Washington, DC to meet another poet—Ezra Pound. Though Pound was under indictment for treason against the United States, following radio broadcasts during the Second World War in which he declared his support for Benito Mussolini, Merwin admired the poet and had wandered into the hospital looking for advice from a revered figure. Pound argued that if Merwin was serious about being a poet, he should write 75 lines every day. “But at your age you don’t have anything to write about,” he continued. “You may think you do, but you don’t. So get to translating.”

In a career that spanned almost sju decades, Merwin followed Pound’s advice to learn the art of translation so as not to be at the mercy of other translators. He translated poetry into English, from languages including German, Russian, Chinese, Egyptian, Welsh, Urdu, Japanese, Persian and Sanskrit. Tra

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Centre releases draft policy seeking states to move towards unified national market for agriculture produce, farmer groups oppose it

NEW DELHI: Nearly three years after repealing the reform-oriented farm laws due to farmers’ protest, the Centre has now come out with a draft national policy framework on agriculture marketing suggesting states to move towards a “unified national market for agriculture produce” through single licensing /registration system and single fee.
Allowing setting up of private wholesale markets; permitting wholesale direct purchase by processors, exporters, organised retailers, bulk buyers from farm-gate; declaring warehouses/silos /cold storages as deemed market; allowing establishment and operation of private e-trading platform; single time levy of market fees across the state; and rationalization of market fee and commission charges are some of the other key suggestions of the government to reform the agriculture market.
The draft was released by the