नेटरा हाथ / कुमार मुकुल
लेटा पढता होता हूं तो किताब उठाये रखता है दाहिना और हल्के थामे नेटरा पलटता चलता है पन्ना लिखते लिखते रूक जाती है कलम तब होंठों को सुसराता...
- Mar 10
- 3 min
सामान्यीकरण एवं अन्य कविताएँ / राहुल तोमर
सामान्यीकरण संकेतों को समझना कभी आसान नहीं रहा तभी तो हम कभी ठीक से समझ नहीं पाए आँसुओ को न ही जान पाए कि हँसना हर बार ख़ुशी का इज़हार नहीं...
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- Mar 8
- 4 min
International Women’s day, four poems
Another Woman by Imtiaz Dharker This morning she brought green “methi” in the market, choosing the freshest bunch; picked up a white...
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- Mar 8
- 3 min
अंतरराष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस – चार कविताएं
बच्चे, तुम अपने घर जाओ / गगन गिल बच्चे, तुम अपने घर जाओ घर कहीं नहीं है? तो वापस कोख़ में जाओ मां की कोख नहीं है? पिता के वीर्य में जाओ...
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- Mar 2
- 2 min
Sweet Potatoes by Mukund Nair
“If you align the stones in the makeshift mud oven just right, If you catch the flame just right, The potatoes roast themselves.” The old...
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- Feb 28
- 3 min
Wordle by Shama Mahajan
And like the millions, I too start playing Wordle Deciding which ‘five letter word’ should be the random guess to begin the day. The...
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- Feb 28
- 2 min
ब्लैक शीप, देवेश पथ सारिया
ब्लैक शीप (1) ख़ूब कंजूस होते हुए भी उन्होंने मुझे ख़रीदकर दी थी पुस्तक- ‘महाभारत के कुछ आदर्श पात्र’ और वे चाहते थे कि कर्ण मेरा आदर्श न...
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- Feb 27
- 4 min
The Privilege of Love, Rituparno Ghosh’s Chitrangada
In the epic tale of Mahabharata, Chitrangada was a warrior-princess who was brought up by her father, the king of Manipura, as a man....
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- Feb 27
- 5 min
Queer Literature – through the lens of 1950s
Art and literature climb out of the womb of desperation, either to express or communicate the tides that relentlessly push you against...
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- Feb 27
- 7 min
The landscapes of the human body, an interview with Indian artist Dheeraj Kumar
Dheeraj Kumar is a trained fashion designer turned photographer and artist from Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He aspires to define his personal...
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- Feb 18
- 2 min
People forget the human behind this sexuality by Abhinav Dasgupta
Peek into my diary entry from last night and you’ll find a whispered debate that I had with the moon when the stars slept on her shoulder...
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- Feb 14
- 1 min
Mujh se mere naam ne ye kya kiya by Aaditya Pandey
Art by Dheeraj Kumar It has been said many times before the only meaningful way we know to materialize is to pass on the name so I...
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- Feb 14
- 1 min
Queer Art
Twisties by Simransh Singh by Ray by Ray by Simran Mahendra by Simran Mahendra by Simran Mahendra Freedom in air by Dheeraj Kumar by...
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- Feb 13
- 3 min
Portrait of a Lady on Fire, An 18th Century Art in Motion
Coastal Brittany, France, 1770. An oceanfront castle. A secret painting. And two hearts that stretch and grow to envelop the magic of...
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- Feb 10
- 2 min
अकेला आदमी / सत्यम तिवारी
अकेला आदमी धूप अविलंब खा जाती है उसकी परछाई बारिश चुपचाप मिटा देती है उसके पदचापों के निशान अकेला आदमी ख़ुद का पीछा करते हुए भी अकेला...
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- Feb 9
- 2 min
Three poems by Vinita Agrawal
Grieving Rivers rounding stones, your memory barbing my eyes, the last moment at the hospital clinging to air beaded with monsoon rain at...
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- Feb 8
- 3 min
तुमसे मिलना / देवांश एकांत
१ तुमसे मिलने से पहले तुमसे मिलने वाले दिन अन्य सभी क्रियाएँ छुट्टी पर चली जाती हैं एक ध्वनि उफनती है भीतर गिरजाघर के पवित्र स्वर सी जो...
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- Feb 7
- 4 min
Two poems by Sehar
My baba often told me not to write a political poem My baba often told me not to write a political poem, Or another sadistic...
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- Feb 5
- 2 min
Bionote by K Srilata
Bionote Very briefly then, I am middle class and very Madras. Born and raised in West Mambalam – the other side of the railway tracks...
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- Feb 3
- 4 min
The Green Silk Saree and other poems of Bhawna Jaimini
Three poems of Bhawna Jaimini The Green Silk Saree My sister and I drooled over the aluminium box which my grandmother finally opened...
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