Throb in my Vein
Strange are the twists and turns of life. Here the protagonist of Anumita’s story finds herself caught in layers of whirlwinds, of storms raging within her. She blanks out and...
The Fight
Bhawini talks of a warrior and his remanences of home in this poem. Rays of hope assault the darkness, more prodigious than meteors. The tall mystic enemy is at...
Amjad Sabri: The Qawwali and Sufi Maestro Silenced to Death
Amjad Sabri was slayed by unidentified motorcycle borne assailants on Wednesday, June 22 afternoon, at Karachi. The news of his death cast a gloom across the borders. Many Bollywood...
Is Maneka Gandhi’s Anti-troll Initiative Defensive?
The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched an anti-trolling campaign for checking online harassment of women recently. There has been quite a bit of reaction from...
The Partition
The partition of India is a deep gash in our collective consciousness. Millions of people from West Punjab and East Bengal were rendered homeless. There were hunger, rape, loss of human...
Chhotu
Deprivation, born out of poverty and hunger, has snatched away the carefree childhood from millions of children in India and other Third World countries. Here’s Lily’s short story, based on real...
Blissful Solitude!
Lily talks of the blissful solitude and the cacophony that shackles us. We might be lonely in a room full of people. Here’s her wonderful discourse. “In a soulmate, we find not...
When a Child Dies
A heart-wrenching poem by Duska. For Nikola When a child dies it’s wrong to weep every sob ...
Peace-I
Here’s a jugalbandi in two poems by Ritamvara (as daughter) and Ipsita (as mother). They have been composing poems in sync with each other. Here are two poems by two...
A Mother Fades Away
In this poignant verse Mamta talks of the trials and tribulations of advancing age and Alzheimer. Her memory Razor sharp Loses its fluency Choked grey cells With corrosive plaque ...