A Giridhar RAO's articles with the keyword: First of May

  • The First of May - Louis Paul Boon

    - 01 May 2008
    Here's why the first of May is a public holiday in many parts of the world. I translated this from an Esperanto translation by Jakvo Schram . Incidentally, surprisingly little of Boon's work is available in English. The First of May Louis Paul Boon Now I must write with my best pen, my summer pen, my Sunday pen. Decorate it with a red ribbon, and dip it in an ink with which are written only words of joy, of sun and happiness, of freedom and…