Poem: Homeland Memories
By Tikuli
years ago I bid adieu to my homeland
the colours of autumn that stained my heart
have long faded and the rivers that ran
deep in the lines of my hands have dried
Book Review: Annie Zaidi’s ‘Unbound – 2000 Years of Indian Women’s Writing’
By Nivedita N
Unbound: 2000 Years of Indian Women’s Writing showcases what women’s writing means: it is honest, gripping, laced with passion and at times, wry humour. This mammoth collection has eleven categories and includes writing by men and women. The range of the writing involves plays, short stories, and excerpts of novels, nonfiction books, poetry, and essays.
Sankarda: Where Time Stands Still
By Nishi Pulugurtha
As the sun sets, we head back to the resort. Walking back, we are taken in by the colours of the setting sun that lend the place a beautiful aura. Our holiday was coming to an end. As we spend the last morning, we decide to just soak in the quietness, the calm, and the serenity of the place.
Misogyny, patriarchy, gender stereotypes, and heteronormative discourses in “The Kapil Sharma Show”
By Nasima Islam
While watching the show one day, I was compelled to think what is it that compels a huge mass of Indian audience go “lol” or “rofl” watching the women folk getting abused and made a butt of nonsensical jokes by a male onscreen. How does this not offend, rather entertain, us? Is it that prehistoric patriarchal, misogynist, stronghold on our psyche, which we are yet to do away with, that laughs unconsciously?
Marginal men in a marginal place: Quiltmakers in Silchar
By Suranjana Choudhury
I don’t see these quiltmakers very often now. These days we generally prefer the readymade quilts as they are easily accessible. In Silchar or in Shillong, where I stay now, their visibility over a period of years has decreased significantly. A post-globalised universe has fiercely transformed our imagination and cravings. I perceive these lost professionals as parallel recipients and victims of a changed world.
Love is Time: Three Poems
By Syamantakshobhan Basu
I wear you like an old watch
Which has stopped exactly
At the moment we met last.
The Fascinating Journey of SRK
By Kouser Fathima
SRK has had a long journey, every turn of which is fascinating, successful, and larger than life. His journey has not yet ended. Rather, a new era has started which, we assume, will be as exciting as his older ones. I hope he would continue to teach and inspire men to be chivalrous and refined which is largely lacking in this time and era.
Meryl Streep shows how artists can restore sanity in a divided world
By Murtaza Ali Khan
But no one has been more vocal in the protest against Trump than Hollywood. Anti-Trump rallies have been helmed by the likes of Robert De Niro, Michael Moore, Alec Baldwin, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo. But, perhaps, none of them has managed to get the kind of attention that Meryl Streep’s recent speech at the 74th Golden Globes garnered during which she unleashed a scathing tirade against Donald Trump without ever mentioning his name.
Revisiting Darkness
By Ananya S Guha
By replacing the image of Gandhi as a direction to the Khadi board, the Prime Minister and the government have not only sullied the image of the charkha, but have introduced a symbolism which is an outright political and egomaniac agenda.
An Open Letter to Prime Minister of Pakistan
By Rahman Abbas
Sir, I’m appealing to you to look into this critical matter with personal interest and ensure the safety of people who want Pakistan to be a truly democratic and secular nation.
Travel: On a terracotta trail
By Nishi Pulugurtha
These beautiful structures, almost all in a state of neglect, bear testimony to a glorious past, marvelous sentinels that reveal the breath and purity of the red earth whereon they stand.
Three poems
By Aaqib Hyder
A shiny white blanket
spreads across the graveyard
embraces underneath
seeds of revolution.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 