Editorial
Restless Stirrings… Click here to read.
Interviews
In conversation with Fakrul Alam, an eminent translator, critic and academic from Bangladesh who has lived through the inception of Bangladesh from East Bengal, translated not just the three greats of Bengal (Tagore, Nazrul, Jibanananda) but also multiple political leaders. Click here to read.
In conversation with Arindam Roy, the Founder and Editor-in-cheif of Different Truths, an online portal for social journalism with forty years of experience in media and major Indian newspapers. Click here to read
Poetry
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Jared Carter, Geetha Ravichandran, Heena Chauhan, Michael R. Burch, Ruchi Acharya, Jim Bellamy, Bibek Adhikari, Rhys Hughes, Ihlwha Choi, Sutputra Radheye, Jay Nicholls, Geethu V Nandakumar, John Grey, Ana Marija Meshkova
Nature’s Musings
Changing Seasons, a photo-poem by Penny Wilkes.
Poets, Poetry & Rhys Hughes
In Never Knowingly Understood : The Sublime Daftness of Ivor Cutler, Rhys Hughes takes us to the world of a poet who wrote much about our times with a sense of humour. Click here to read.
Translations
Akbar Barakzai’s poem, The Law of Nature, translated by Fazal Baloch. Click here to read.
Kazi Nazrul Islam’s poem, Shammobadi (The Equaliser) translated by Shahriyer Hossain Shetu. Click here to read.
Tagore’s Amar Shonar Horin Chai (I want the Golden Deer) translated by Mitali Chakravarty, edited and interpreted in pastel by Sohana Manzoor. Click here to read.
To mark the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray, Ratnottama Sengupta translates from Nabendu Ghosh’s autobiography experience of Pather Panchali ( Song of the Road) — between covers and on screen. Click here to read.
Musings
Candice Louisa Daquin tells us what it means to be an American immigrant in today’s world. Click here to read.
Wendy Jones Nakanishi, an academic who started her life in a small town called Rolling Prairie in midwestern US, talks of her journey as a globe trotter — through Europe and Asia — and her response to Covid while living in UK. Click here to read.
Arjan Batth tells us why he identifies with an Indian sweetmeat. Click here to read why.
The Significance of the Roll Number
Shahriyer Hossain Shetu writes of ironing out identity at the altar of modern mass education. Click here to read.
Musings of a Copywriter
In Creative on Campus, Devraj Singh Kalsi with a soupcon of humour, explores young romances and their impact. Click here to read.
Adventures of a Backpacking Granny
Sybil Pretious visits volcanoes and lakes in Frenetic Philippines. Click here to read.
Essays
Here, There, Nowhere, Everywhere
‘Did life change or did I change from the events of the last year,’ ponders New Zealander Keith Lyons who was in the southern state of Kerala when the first cases of Covid-19 were detected in India last January. Click here to read.
The Story of a Bald Eagle & a Turkey
A photo essay by Penny and Michael B Wilkes on the American bald eagle to commemorate their Independence Day. Click here to read.
A tribute by Julian Matthews to the great talented star who died amidst ignominy and controversy. Click here to read.
Remembering Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Amrita Sharma has written a memorablia on the Punjabi poet, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, who wrote in the 1960s. Click here to read.
Tagore and Guru Nanak’s Vision
Parneet Jaggi talks of the influence Guru Nanak on Tagore, his ideology and poetry. Click here to read.
Bhaskar’s Corner
In Amrita Sher-Gil: An Avant-Garde Blender of the East & West, Bhaskar Parichha shows how Amrita Sher-Gil’s art absorbed the best of the East and the West. Click here to read.
Stories
Brindley Hallam Dennis tells us the story of a cat and a human. Click here to read.
Saeed Ibrahim gives us a lighthearted story of a young man in quest of a good future. Click here to read
Sheefa V. Mathews weaves lockdown and parenting into a story of a debuting dancer. Click here to read.
Ghumi Stories: The Other Side of the Curtain
Nabanita Sengupta explores childhood and its experiences. Click here to read.
The Literary Fictionist
Sunil Sharma explores facets of terrorism and its deadly impact on mankind in Truth Cannot Die. Click here to read.
Book Reviews
Neelima Dalmia Adhar’s The Secret Diary Of Kasturba reviewed by Meenakshi Malhotra. Click here to read.
Shrilal Shukla’s Fragments of Happiness translated by Niyati Bafna and reviewed by Rakhi Dalal. Click here to read
Bhaskar Parichha reviews Transformational Leadership in Banking edited by Anil K. Khandelwal. Click here to read.
Book Excerpt
An excerpt from Enter Stage Right by Feisal Alkazi with a visual of young Alkazi dancing in one of the earliest discos of New Delhi. Click here to read.
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