Editorial
Changes, Ruskin, Snakes and Frogs… Click here to read.
Translations
Nazrul’s lyrics of Mor Ghumogore Elo Monohor (In my Sleep, Came the Enchanting One) has been translated from Bengali by Professor Fakrul Alam. Click here to read.
Four of his own Malay poems have been translated by Isa Kamari. Click here to read.
The Heartless, a Balochi story by Abdul Qayum Sarbazi, has been translated by Fazal Baloch. Click here to read.
Dragonfly 2 has been composed and translated from Korean by Ihlwha Choi. Click here to read.
Tagore’s poem, Amra Choli Somukhpane (We Look Forward and March), has been translated from Bengali by Mitali Chakravarty. Click here to read.
Pandies Corner
Songs of Freedom: Pink Dreams is an autobiographical narrative by Priyanka, written and compiled by Deeksha Vats. These stories highlight the ongoing struggle against debilitating rigid boundaries drawn by societal norms, with the support from organisations like Shaktishalini and Pandies. Click here to read.
Poetry
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Erik Kennedy, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, Anne Whitehouse, Snehaprava Das, George Freek, Pramod Rastogi, SR Inciardi, Aardhra Chandran, John Grey, Heera Unnithan, Jim Bellamy, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Rhys Hughes
Poets, Poetry & Rhys Hughes
In A Few More Rhysop Fables, Rhys Hughes shares more absurdist fables. Click here to read.
Musings/Slices from Life
Sai Abhinay Penna muses during his morning jog. Click here to read.
Gowher Bhat mulls over his conversation with a debut author who published his first book at ninety-three. Click here to read.
Salvaging the Furling Line in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
Meredith Stephens takes us on a sailing adventure with photographs by Alan Noble. Click here to read.
Farouk Gulsara explores why ‘evil’ exists with the help of experiments in science. Click here to read.
Jun A. Alindogan talks of blessings and narrow escapes, including from the Typhoon Ondoy. Click here to read.
Musings of a Copywriter
In Consulting a Physician, Devraj Singh Kalsi writes of doctors and patients with a touch of humour. Click here to read.
Notes from Japan
In It’s in the Bag, Suzanne Kamata explores Japanese etiquettes. Click here to read.
Essays
Larry S Su, who migrated from a mud cave in Shaanxi province to America, shares his story of the changes he sees during three visits to his home and muses on the gaps he has observed between these two places. Click here to read.
Charudutta Panigrahi explores similarities across two geographically separated regions. Click here to read.
A Cyclist’s Diary: Criss-crossing Titiwangsa
Farouk Gulsara explores local colours as he cycles in the highlands of Malaysia. Click here to read.
Stories
Keiran Martin journeys to the depths of the ocean. Click here to read.
Jeena R Papaadi builds a mystery around an experience. Click here to read.
Plamen Vasilev shares a human interes story set in Europe. Click here to read.
The City that Refused to be Found
Rabiya Rehman sets her fiction in Lahore. Click here to read.
Naramsetti Umamaheswararao imagines a utopian, environment friendly village. Click here to read.
Interview
Keith Lyons converses with Erik Kennedy, a migrant poet who lives in New Zealand. Click here to read.
Book Excerpts
Excerpts from Ruskin Bond’s Scenes from the Magic Mountain: Five Seasons in the Mussoorie Hills and Beyond. Click here to read.
Excerpt from Anmol Diddan’s Burnout Highway. Click here to read.
Book Reviews
Somdatta Mandal has reviewed Ruskin Bond’s Scenes from the Magic Mountain: Five Seasons in the Mussoorie Hills and Beyond. Click here to read.
Rakhi Dalal has reviewed Shyam Manohar’s The Cold War of Sadanand Borse, translated from Marathi by Jerry Pinto. Click here to read.
Meenakshi Malhotra has reviewed Giti Chandra’s debut poetry collection, Setting Traps for Light. Click here to read.
Bhaskar Parichha reviews Stephen Alter’s The Fragrance of Rain: A Brief History of the Monsoon. Click here to read.
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Click here to access Wild Winds: The Borderless Anthology of Poems
Click here to access the Borderless anthology, Monalisa No Longer Smiles