Pearl Figures
Various things in our lives are given that we cannot escape. Embedded in this reality, Elsy creates a magic with a lotus wand to get the poet’s perals, in this...
Innate Indigo: Awakening the Kali Within
At the midnight of Diwali, Kali Puja is performed by Bengalis. Tara, a garland seller at the Karunamayi Kali Temple, watches the temple committee arrange for the festival. Little by little,...
An Open Letter of a Sex Worker to Goddess Durga
Goddess Durga’s idol made during Durga Puja is incomplete without the soil from the house of a sex worker. The belief is that the soil should be begged for...
How do Lonesome Teenagers Battle the World of Wolves and Sheep?
Teenage is the twilight of our lives. It’s the turning point that make or mar us. Often teenagers have to leave their home and hearths, their security bubble and comfort...
A Flaming Saga of a Soul on Fire
In this evocative verse Mamta depicts the pain and agony of women. A dark poem with a ray of light, a slice of hope, at the end. Grief familiar soul...
In Time
Geethanjali identifies with nature in the evocative poem. A Romantic at heart, she talks about allowing souls to blossom in their beauty and strength. Here’s her poem of hope and tolerance...
Pity Destroys Good People
In this poem, Tatjana transcends from the mundane, the everyday affair of people and society into the world of creations, of literature. Maybe everything is possible? What are the wrinkles,...
Nastanirh: A Lyrical Love Story of Tagore in Translation
Maya reviews a translation of Tagore’s love story, Nastanirh, into English by Lopa Banerjee. It is one of the most lyrical love story, which was made into a film, Charulata,...
Blessing my Dad
Sushmita pays her homage to her father on Father’s Day. They say, Some light from the lamp, And, Some sound from, Chanting of scriptures, Is all, And only, What...
The Dark Monologue
The transformation into evil has been mapped in this enigmatic poem by Sudeshna. Accused of being evil Incarnation of the devil Don’t you know your own soul? I have...