Of Love
By Sahana Mukherjee
every Summer evening,
my hands shake and I
only write about you
and our inter-caste
same-sex
volatile love.
Kolkata: The City of Joy that lives on
By Srirupa Dhar
A superficial view of the overpopulated city might reveal a severe lack of physical space. But in truth, Kolkata lives on because its people have internalized a space for themselves. This space is in their minds kindling in them the zestful rhetoric to live.
Indian Economic Blockade: Mocking Nepalese Anguish
By Neha Basnet
We do not deny the part that Nepal should be as “inclusive” as possible. However, the process of imposing an inhumane “blockade” to foster an inclusive Constitution is utterly disgusting. This contradicts India’s statement of having a peaceful dialogue with Nepal in this matter.
The Anticipation
By Anindita Das
Her restlessly roving eyes caught the electronic status board of the flights. The word ‘cancelled’ against Air India stared back at her. Each letter, formed in red, confirmed her worst fear. Her long anticipated holiday now stood cancelled. CANCELLED.
On Not Reading Dickens
By Rashida Murphy
I didn’t want to know how his wife’s sister had died in his arms. I didn’t want to know about his invisible (and very young) actress-mistress.
Three Poems
By Raj Shekhar Sen
pain has a universal language;
pain opens all borders,
and pain knows Korean and wounds;
tongjeung
Paris Attacks: The sorrowful night of 13 November, 2015
By Shahzaman Haque
Paris was considered the capital of the Orientalist world in the first half of the nineteenth century. Many had left it to head for Asia and the Middle East with an unquenched thirst for knowledge and passion. I wish we had the same flow of a rich cultural exchange between these two civilizations, instead of a fuzzy engagement in an endless war against terror.
Spice and Life: Women Writing in a Local Train
By Nishi Pulugurtha
We chose the name, “Panchphoron” (পাঁচ ফোড়ন), for the magazine. In Bengali, “Panchphoron” literally means five spices; it is whole spice blend consisting of fenugreek seeds, nigella seeds, cumin seeds, black mustard seeds and fennel seeds mixed in equal proportions.
Trailing the Beatles in Rishikesh
By Parul Doshi
It appears that in February 1968, highly fascinated by spirituality and Indian culture, the Beatles travelled to India to attend an advanced Transcendental Meditation (TM) training session at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Shyam Benegal’s ‘Manthan’: Verghese Kurien and the Social Churning
By Mosarrap H. Khan
If Kurien led an economic revolution through the setting up of milk co-operatives, Benegal’s film captures the embedded social revolution that transformed the consciousness of its members as well.
In defense of losers
By Goirick Brahmachari
The heat rises like a desert storm
for the lack of water in my rhyme
dehydrates a traffic jam through my
morning high, expanding time, looping lives.
12 Angry Men and an Angry World
By Riti Das Dhankar
12 Angry Men deals with a dozen people’s anger and, in the process, tosses a question at an equally angry world. A simple question which can never be answered without being ambiguous: what is real?
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 