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    Portraits in Hell
    • May 9
    • 8 min

    Portraits in Hell

    The elders had been convinced by a series of mysterious deaths in the village that showering was a fatal affair. “We’ve lost twenty odd...
    A Love Poem
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Love Poem

    Sweat running down her spine, Burning away her life, standing in front of the stove, Stomach cut into two, butchered for two, I look in...
    The Mad, The Melancholic, The Poet - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    • Dec 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Mad, The Melancholic, The Poet - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    A didactic enumeration by seventeenth-century British Poet Laureate John Dryden, “Great wits are sure to madness near allied and thin...
    Women on the Street
    • Dec 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Women on the Street

    "Gill Valentine’s research on adult versus youth spaces found that girls paradoxically identify public spaces, such as city streets, as...
    The Season of Florescence
    • Oct 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Season of Florescence

    In the early hours of a Sunday, On the backlane of a small town, a patch of bougainvilleas arrive into full bloom on a strange brick...
    Review: A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo Garcia
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 7 min

    Review: A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo Garcia

    Why A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes Feels so Personal I As children we see our parents as immortals. But while growing up, there comes a...
    Grammatical Gender
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Grammatical Gender

    I.Heteronyms I’ve followed my shadow for as long as the two of us can remember. Once a month, she takes the lead by example for a few...
    Sacrifice
    • Sep 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Sacrifice

    this time, it’ll be different he is different his family doesn’t slit pigeons for kali puja they free the birds who do they think...
    that summer we became birds
    • Jun 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    that summer we became birds

    the tips of our wings / felt softer / than our hands ever could / ahead of us / the lake lay / like glass / lay like morning / pale and...
    And Not Mere Tales
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    And Not Mere Tales

    Sitting in the balcony he reminisced, The unique flavour each bite he had When his mother made him eat With her own hands. But now...
    Rape
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Rape

    Hi. I was raped when I was a child. It was from a known person, this thought always makes me wild. he was my kin brother, calm down,...
    Wrong in Radford
    • Dec 27, 2020
    • 17 min

    Wrong in Radford

    There’s an air of melancholy that encircles every heavy step made when coming back after a holiday. I suppose it doesn’t help, waking up...
    Painting by Numbers
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Painting by Numbers

    My father understood numbers,  So, he spilled his seven vows on my mother’s 80’s song cassettes. Numbers when pulled apart from ratios, i...
    Mangoes In Summer: Childhood
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Mangoes In Summer: Childhood

    Slicing mangoes in summer  Is no mean feat. You need hardened patience You need to resist temptation So you tear off the peels with your...
    Literature and Propaganda
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 10 min

    Literature and Propaganda

    Reading Time: 10min “The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such...
    Travelling the World During Lockdown – One Book at a Time
    • Aug 8, 2020
    • 9 min

    Travelling the World During Lockdown – One Book at a Time

    I am trying to recall now the exact moment everything changed. It was a sultry afternoon in March, and the sun was everywhere. Mumbai lay...
    The Empty Chalice
    • Jul 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    The Empty Chalice

    One fine summer, A chalice was made Out of the wood of mahogany. “It’s beautiful!” Cried out many. Thinly crafted along its body, Visible...
    Mapping the Evolution of Masculinity
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 10 min

    Mapping the Evolution of Masculinity

    The concept of the ideal man has shaped our discourse around masculinity. Like, the virtues of selflessness, beauty, sacrifice, virginity...
    DEP
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    DEP

    It was one rainy afternoon that Lokesh first met the creature. It was a tiny blob, protruding out of Lokesh’s right shoulder, wrapped in...
    MA!
    • Jun 12, 2020
    • 7 min

    MA!

    It was that time of the year again when the sun shone itself for more hours than required. I didn’t like this time of the year – it made...
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