By Arka Chattopadhyay
I will highlight a thread that has been neglected in the film. This thread concerns a mathematically understood notion of infinity and its relation to the phenomenon of love.
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By Swati Moheet Agrawal
Too much past can be dizzying, especially if it’s streaked with the untimely death of a younger sibling. The once pleasant memories begin to cloy and stifle.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
The eldest in a family of six, her nickname is Baby. In spite of all the ravages that Alzheimer’s disease has brought, she still responds to that nickname.
By Ishrat Bashir
While to live in the face of annihilation is in itself a statement of resistance, telling stories is living with a song that could not be buried in the rubble of imposed wars.
By Arsheen Kaur
“Chant the national anthem
till your Allah comes to save you.
We’ll give you Azaadi!”
they said.
By Dipanjali Singh
Food is a marker of individual, collective and historical identity and hence stamping a few as legitimate and the defining of its illegitimate ‘other’ serve as a pliable tool for discrimination.
By Gabriel Rosenstock
India!
Does the goddess Saraswati smile
When you imprison your poets
When, Covid-stricken, they hallucinate
Sitting in a puddle of urine?
By Aman Amin
With the hope for non-violence and cultural inclusivity, one can sense the rising of a new wave. From family dining table discussions to the chai stalls, the new wave seems to have penetrated deep.
By Ajanta Paul
“An Introduction” is a poem which rewrites itself in the discourse of the present age, both with regard to the current patriarchal resurgence of chauvinist tendencies and its effect on female agency as also in the use of the English language in globalized times.
By Rini Bhattacharya
I spell out whispering love hymns
For all these dead love-couples.
Their mating rituals are complete
The channel rings the bell of joy.
By Puja Roy
It is this government that Iqbal Bano has decided to stand against, as a representative of several others who are going through the same agony.
By Nafis Haider
The only ground where the argument against this transfer of power can be based is on the condition of the minorities that are present in Turkey and what it means to them.
By Anindita Chakrabarty
It may become pertinent to ask if the global world order would unlearn, and move away from a neo-liberal regime that promotes privatisation to a more socialist one that emphasises wealth equality.
By Sreemati Mukherjee
The Rabindra Sarobar Lakes make poetry in the city of Kolkata possible, by drawing in plants, leaves, trees, birds and humans into endless combinations, associations and melodies, providing opportunities for many more combinations, associations and melodies.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
I stand with all caregivers, family members, professional caregivers, all those who try to make things work a little, as we try to deal with increased stress in these times. We negotiate this stress by taking one small step at a time to make life pleasant and comfortable for our loved ones with dementia.
By Sonali Pattnaik
can you hear thousands chanting,
as they march hand in hand,
‘not in my name’, ‘not in my name.’
By Prithvijeet Sinha
Make it a point to reach out to the near and dear ones and share the warmth of memories, making the current social turnaround one of courage and goodwill. It is time to be united.
By Soma Mandal
The negative choice of words to categorise reservation as a constitutional discretion also trivializes to a great extent the violent history of the caste system against the socially and educationally backwards classes.
By Bijaya Biswal
A young Waad al-Kateab arms herself with a camera around men equipped with snipers and tells us the story of a war from the perspective of a woman.
By Sunil Sharma
Glittering. Luminous. Blue alternating with tiny white. Sparkling dots tucked away in the vault above. Serene sky. A soothing moon beaming down.
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