Pejoratives and Prayers
Three Poems by Bhairavi Ponkshe
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- Oct 15
Being a woman politician in India: Review of Nidhi Sharma's book "She, The leader"
In 1989, Gegong Apang, the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, caused many raised eyebrows with his statement, "Should we be compelled...
- Oct 6
I can hear my name slipping into silence
Three poems by Syam Sudhakar Muziris 1 The one who knows the sea unlocks a sky in the heart. 2 The old town of the rough rains that you...
- Oct 1
From Begums to Beggars: Odyssey of Prostitution in India
How prostitution changed grounds in India can be described as a shift from Begums to Beggars.
- Sep 25
A state of emergency is a constancy in every woman's life
a state of emergency
is a constancy
in every woman's life
and I'm afraid I will never know
a normal day
- Sep 21
History, Hysteria, and Horror in Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper
Women, a multifaceted group within society, are often simplistically classified as either a virtuous Mary or a rebellious Eve.
- Sep 20
Two poems by Ajay Koyimuttal
Kaudi, The blanket In her last years, Nani spent All her time stitching Kaudi. She did tens of them and gave Them away to her loved ones....
- Sep 19
White has a curious knack of drawing out blood
Poems by Krutika Zambre Trigger Warning: Mention of violence, abuse White white Has a curious knack Of drawing out blood i. petite age...
- Sep 17
Three Poems By Jahnavi Gogoi
A snake can detect an earthquake seventy-five miles away
and five days before it happens.
- Sep 9
Three Poems by Mitra Samal
The bare walls of my room from which
I have stripped our pictures
want to make peace with me.
- Sep 3
Three poems by Pradeep Saini
At times, I write an entire poem just to extract
that one single line pierced deep within my soul.
- Sep 2
Three Poems by Moumita Bhattacharjee
The Ailing Poem Everyone who has read my poems Has at least once or many times asked me If something is wrong with me, my mind, life,...
- Aug 29
Confessions of a Third Kind and other poems by Ramesh Dohan
Confessions of a Third Kind The birdcage has a doll In it and maybe that’s more appropriate It never cared for The wild black-eyed terror...
- Aug 27
आत्मा के कोलतार से रास्ता बनाती कविता
साल 2023 के मध्य तक सोशल मीडिया से चर्चित कवियों को दो दौर में बांटा जा सकता है। पहला दौर वह था जिसमें प्रयोगधर्मी कवियों को सोशल मीडिया...
- Aug 25
A Series of Poems On My Visit to Delhi by Moumita Alam
1 Chawri Bazaar, Delhi Delicious Mouth-watering street foods. Biryani in kilograms. Two teenage boys was dipping the perfectly rolled...
- Aug 20
Roses aren't all that fun to be around, poems by Anusha Bhagwat
Little bursting words my mother tongue, the tongue of my mother the tongue of my father, the tongue of my child and the tongue of mine....
- Aug 12
Swimming and other poems by Akil Contractor
Swimming At first, I tried with hoping and with wishing no further effort geared to accomplishing the thought that I would need to move...
- Aug 1
How to tell seasons and other poems by Srabani Bhattacharya
The dog of the hay sleeps her day away. Yellow as ripe paddy Quick to fear but sharp to hear, Her mammary glands still hang with the...
- Jul 20
Khandwa - A Forgotten City with Footprints of Remembered Artists
In the Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh, breathes Khandwa, a city which has the soul of an old woman, forgotten and fading away. The walls...
- Jul 19
Make it like Wes Anderson
You're riding a metro, going on long holidays, reading a classic novel or walking into a retro café on a sunlit afternoon – make it like...
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