Rethinking Death through the Lens of COVID-19
By Ramsha Aveen
Covid-19 fortunately or unfortunately has opened up new possibilities to explore the meaning of death; it has subtly demarcated the death from the performance of death.
Musings of Everyday Life during Covid-19 Lockdown
By Saheed Meo
It is both hope and despair that has defined our everydayness during the lockdown. Our everyday world is an unholy mix of fractured familial rhythm, tasting distrust, experiencing uncertainties and having incessant engagements with the virtual world.
Three Poems
By Yash Pandit
I hold you as one holds a shadow; in my eyes,
I lose you between the flickers of light
And darkness. The radio screams,
“Don’t persist on leaving today.”
Mumbai Zen
By Yash Pandit
Rust has settled into the veins of time;
it waits, for a flash,
for an hour,
then runs again.
Photo Essay: Snow and Umbrellas
By Mosarrap H. Khan
What follows is an amateur effort at capturing the colors that punctuates the white snow. A photo-essay.
Book Review: Akhil Gupta’s ‘Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India’
By EPM Swalih
Akhil Gupta’s study is different from other postcolonial scholars working within a western theoretical framework. He shows a unique way to engage with Euro-American theories. And that is why I began to love his work. His interrogation of the theories of governmentality, biopolitics, and sovereign ban results from his grounding in Mandi district of Western Uttar Pradesh, India. He compels us to think with the Euro-American theories only if we are able to critically approach them. I find his attempts in provincializing Europe[1] as one of the most rewarding tasks ever undertaken by the postcolonial scholars.
Cafe Dissensus Everyday 