The Masked Way
By Nishi Pulugurtha
Seeing people masked makes me wonder of the masks that we always have on. I mean the ones we cannot see.
Book Review: Asif Khan’s ‘Prisoners of Paradise’
By Arbeena
The story beautifully depicts the life in a curfew-laden valley where people are caged inside their homes.
Poem: Is There A Difference?
By Devyani Chaturvedi
I was covering my face and my body yesterday,
I am covering it today.
I was not allowed to roam around yesterday,
I am not allowed today.
Contagion, Literature and Other Concerns
By Sekhar Banerjee
Calcutta, a worn out late seventeenth century city of many hyphens fitted with fresh implants on its flanks, has finally come to a halt.
India handles a 21st century pandemic with a 19th century legislation
By Ayesha Fatima
The Indian Government invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 in view of the growing coronavirus pandemic in the country. The only Act which deals with epidemics in India right now was passed on 4 February, 1897 by the British Government, at a time when Bombay was hit by the Bubonic Plague.
An excerpt from the poetry manuscript, ‘Nightwalkers’
By Debarshi Mitra & Goirick Brahmachari
Night then becomes a gateway for memories to flood in, for pause, reflection and more. It is also a way of exploring the so-called ‘underbelly’ of the city, to try and understand the lives of those rendered invisible by the market forces.
Book review: Paulo Coelho’s ‘Eleven Minutes’
By Asif Khan
The author hasn’t said anything new about the philosophy of life, though this book gives such an impression at the beginning.
Gender in the Times of Global Sabbatical
By Aamir Qayoom
These pandemics help us understand the relationship between gender, quarantine and literary production in new ways, articulating the reasons behind the relative lack of a strong female literary tradition.
Book Review: Ananya S. Guha’s ‘I am not a Silent Poet’
By Arzuman Ara
Ananya Guha’s collection of poetry, ‘I am not a Silent Poet’, is a strong criticism of the politics of otherisation, of insensitiveness, of hatred with a plea for love and peace.
Poem: I am almost home, baba
By Umang Kumar
See, your Jamlo is almost home!
I am not going back there anymore, baba.
Short Story: And my life changed forever
By Rimli Bhattacharya
I froze. He waited for five minutes and then walked out of my room. Before leaving he looked at me and uttered, “I am a gentleman.”
Indian Muslims at the Time of Corona
By Mursed Alam & Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha
For the Indian Muslims, corona might have brought in some temporary political respite, but the bigger and continued virus of religious hatred appears to remain unchecked and untreated.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 