That’s Life!!!
In stark contrast to the ruthlessness of capitalism and states exploiting the pandemic for the accumulation of profit and power ordinary people especially the young are defining the borderless world of caring: two pages from an unfolding saga. …[Read More]…
Literary Trails
Gazing at the stars, Iraq War veteran,memoirist and poet Brian Turner ‘reads’ love, Time, silence and solitude in their fleeting fiery train of light. …[Read More]…
Literary Trails
A short fiction by Shinjini Kumar of a chance encounter on a bus unfolds a tale of love with happy beginnings and ambiguous endings in evasive memories. …[Read More]…
Between the Lines
Stepping back from the drum beating of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya as history-in-the-making (for better or worse), Aditya Sudarshan peers into the cracks between the dichotomies defining national discourse for an alternative reading.…[Read More]…
Between the Lines
With midnight’s broken toll clanging in our ears, time we revisited ‘national’ poet to get a handle on our stifling visions of nationhood. Mohammad A. Quayum digs into Tagore’s ambiguities and finds a clear message of love for humanity above all else. …[Read More]…
Bookshelf
Tagore’s Gharey, Bairey was written over a century ago but the issues that propel the narrative and define the characters remain as relevant today as back then. Pankaj Dutt scans some of them.…[Read More]…
Literary Trails
In his lyrical elucidation of the archangel Israfil’s death, Noon Meem Rashid issues an elegiac imperative—weep tears for the death of the bearer of all sounds, for the silence that relegates all into nothingness.…[Read More]…
Literary Trails
Hungarian poet musician and writer Gábor Lanczkor dwells in verse on what it means to be between two cultures for an artist in these poetic vignettes about the life of painter Amrita Sher-Gil mirrored through different voices…[Read More]…
Between the Lines
More than a hundred defense services veterans issue a statement critiquing their greater deployment in policing domestic streets rather than in protecting the nation’s borders.…[Read More]…
Personal Notes
Gujarati poet Yagnesh Dave recalls meeting with the late Varis Alvi at his home and an epiphanous moment when his host puts him in mind of a Rembrandt figure.…[Read More]…