Rouge and Other Poems

About The Rakesh Gupta is a professor with the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi since the last twenty three years. He ws Head of the Centre for Political Studies 20002002 and officiated as Dean, School of Social Sciences fromj time to time during this period. Prior to this he has been teaching courses ion political philosophy, political theory, comparative politics and Indian politics. He specialises on strategic studies and foreign policy. He has coauthored and edited numerous books. Among them are books on Gihar Peasantry, Outer Space, Soviet Union, CivilMilitary Relations during Gorbachev period, Sub Sahara region, Pakiostan, Indian Security and USA's Strategic Defence Initiative. He ihas published Occasional papers on Rusian Military Doctrine (Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi) and on India's internal security (International Institute of Peace Studies, New Delhi). He has written reserch papers on Socialist Societies, Foreign Policies of US, Russia, Pakistan , India, on arms control, disarmament and international relations and philosophy of Jean Franchois Lyotard in national anhd international academic journals. He has written about four hundred articles in dailies, weeklies, monthlies, taboids and occasional periodicls on current isues of national and international politics. # Preface 9: 1. A Shadow of Uneducated 11: 2. Address to My Self 12: 3. Adieu 17: 4. Ashes 18: 5. Authentic 20: 6. Bedridden 21: 7. Between the Quake and the Quirk 22: 8. Bonhomie 25: 9. Buffeted 27: 10. Chorus of a Pigmy 28: 11. Dawn 30: 12. Desire under the Chin 31: 13. Disturbed 33: 14. Elegy on Destruction of CharareSharief 34: 15. First Showers 35: 16. For Her 36: 17. Future against