An ode to November by Shriti Chowdhary
Photograph by Vikrant Karande November dips jalebis in kheer And debates the origin of rosgollas With friends wearing saffron sweaters,...
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- Nov 22, 2021
Framing Food through the Kitchen Window by B Geetha
Art by Thor WIckstorm The acoustic textures of mustard seeds sputtering in hot oil, pressure cookers whistling like angry male members...
- Nov 19, 2021
“Gulp it down. You’re a bloody man” by Anurag Mohanty
Source: The Guardian / International Men’s Day Poetry Dear men, When I was 6, a child that picked up a barbie to play with instead of a...
- Nov 14, 2021
Sudha Murthy – The Art of Giving
Sudha Murthy One of my teachers used to say, people cultivate the habit of reading by the essence of their first read book. I was a...
- Nov 13, 2021
Walk down the memory lane, four poems on childhood
Eight and half sweet smells from my childhood by Ishika Chaturvedi Henri Lebasque Children with spring flowers 1. petrichor. i have spent...
- Oct 10, 2021
4 poems that highlight the importance of mental health
In honour of World Mental Health Day, we urge you to take a minute of action in whatever way makes the most sense to you. We’ve pulled...
- Oct 9, 2021
The Goddess of All Things by Aishwarya Roy
Courtesy : Sneha Mitra In Afghanistan, it has never been acceptable for women to write poetry on any subject. But to write to a lover has...
- Oct 2, 2021
Handpicked poems from Sept 2021
Handpicked poems curated by the editors from August archives (in no particular order). Ashes, ashes we all fall down by Khatija Khan Read...
- Oct 2, 2021
A kiss on the wrist by Shrutee Choudhary
on the night of our first encounter you gave me a kiss not on my cheeks or my hand or lips you kissed me on my wrist I frowned as you...
- Oct 2, 2021
Ashes, ashes we all fall down by Khatija Khan
A still from the film Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky surely, the earth is a wicked old woman who steals stainless steel bones to bury it...
- Oct 2, 2021
Moss by Sara Sethia
Three women by Amrita Shergill There is moss making love in graveyards. Last night I showed up there with a bottle of old monk to speak...
- Oct 2, 2021
मेरे अंदर औरत । अभिजीत सिंह
El Jardin, Judithe Hernandez खुल गयी देह देह में छिपे कमरों का भेद कपड़ों का बे-तरतीब तौर से उतरना लिख दिया गया हड़बड़ाहट लिख दी गयी उनके...
- Oct 2, 2021
Journey of a Poem by Aishwarya Roy
Girl Reading, Vase of Flowers, 1922 – Henri Matisse My poem is lactose-intolerant. It’s a baker allergic to flour, A depressed comedian,...
- Oct 2, 2021
बोन्साई वाले बरगद । उज्ज्वल शुक्ला
मैंने देखा था बड़े बरगद का काटे जाना आज भी एक बड़ा दांतेदार आरा मेरे मस्तिष्क पर अपने दांत फँसाए हुए है पूरे गाँव में एक अकेला बरगद बाकी...
- Oct 2, 2021
We’re too soiled with the notion of love by Shriti Chowdhary
Fluidity IV by Shirley Novak There are caterpillars in my mother’s gajra crawling towards her ears while all she feels are my dad’s iron...
- Oct 2, 2021
वितानमय । मनीष कुमार यादव
The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius निष्ठुरताओं से घिरा भयभीत मन धैर्य का अभिनय कर रहा है अवमुक्त होने के सन्दर्भ में कुछ स्मृतियाँ कुछ...
- Sep 18, 2021
Laceration by Bhairavi Ponkshe
Absence of Sound by STACY DAGUIAR Ask my name and I’ll utter a thousand words that only sound like it. “Do what is necessary,” they say...
- Sep 7, 2021
Handpicked poems from August 2021
Handpicked poems curated by the editors from August archives (in no particular order). Troubled young boys grow up to be steadfast...
- Sep 7, 2021
Troubled young boys grow up to be steadfast gentlemen by Mitra Visveswaran
Sad man by Prisac Nicolae Troubled young boys grow up to be stiff and steadfast gentlemen Wearing suits and ties and combing their hair...
- Sep 7, 2021
People live longer in our grief than in our remembrance by Antara Verma
George Frederick Watts, Found Drowned, c. 1850, oil on canvas, Watts Gallery, Compton I am addicted to grief- It’s not that I can’t do...
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