Editorial
The Stars were Shining There for You & Me, for Liberty… Click here to read.
Conversation
The Making of Historical Fiction: A Conversation with Aruna Chakravarti unfolds the creation of her latest novel, The Mendicant Prince, based on the prince of Bhawal controversy in the first part of the last century. Click here to read.
Translations
Tagore’s humorous skit, The Treatment of an Ailment, has been translated by Somdatta Mandal. Click here to read.
Arise, Arise O Patriot! and Helmsman Attention! by Kazi Nazrul Islam have been translated from Bengali by Professor Fakrul Alam. Click here to read.
Pus Ki Raat or A Frigid Winter Night by Munshi Premchand has been translated from Hindi by C Christine Fair. Click here to read.
Tagore’s Song of Hope or ‘Hobe Joye‘ has been translated from Bengali by Mitali Chakravarty. Click here to read.
Poetry
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Rhys Hughes, Ratnottama Sengupta, Mike Smith, Rituparna Mukherjee, Tony Brewer, Ahmed Rayees, Ron Pickett, Ramesh Dohan, Sister Lou Ella Hickman, Sambhu Nath Banerjee, Candice Louisa Daquin, Oindri Sengupta, Gigi Baldovino Gosnell, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Tanvi Jeph, George Freek, Michael R Burch
Poets, Poetry & Rhys Hughes
In Mini-Sagas: A Dozen Examples, Rhys Hughes talks of a new genre with dollops of humour. Click here to read.
Musings/Slices from Life
G Venkatesh has a stopover in the airport to make a discovery. Click here to read.
The Loyal Dog in Loyalty Island
Meredith Stephens makes friends with a dog in the township of Wé on the Lifou island, an ‘overseas territory’ of France. Click here to read.
The ‘New Kid on the Block’ Celebrates…
Dr Kirpal Singh ruminates over what led to the making of an island state, Singapore. Click here to read.
Remnants of Time Once Spent Together
Sayali Korgaonkar ruminates over loss and grieving. Click here to read.
Rupali Gupta Mukherjee journeys through the moonlike landscape housing a monastery with her camera and a narrative. Click here to read.
PG Thomas revisits a performance that mesmerised him in a pre-covid world. Click here to read.
Musings of a Copywriter
In A Bone in My Platter, Devraj Singh Kalsi shares a taste of running a restaurant. Click here to read.
Notes from Japan
Suzanne Kamata writes a light slice from life in The Boy & The Cats: A Love Story. Click here to read.
Stories
Erwin Coombs tells a suspenseful, funny, poignant and sad story, based on his real life experiences. Click here to read.
Santosh Kalwar gives a glimpse of hope for an abandoned girl-child in Nepal. Click here to read.
Tan Kaiyi goes on a hunt for the National Day Killer. Click here to read.
Shivani Shrivastav transports us to Manali for a misty union. Click here to read.
Paul Mirabile tells a story of murder and horror. Click here to read.
Aysha Baqir takes on the persona of a computer to unleash a poignant and chilling story. Click here to read.
Essays
Sindhu Shivprasad describes passion for books. Click here to read.
Hiking in the Himalayas with Nabinji
Ravi Shankar explores more of Himalayas in Nepal. Click here to read.
Freedom is another word for… Zohra Sehgal
Ratnottama Sengupta gives a glimpse of the life of Zohra Sehgal, based on the book Zohra: A Biography in Four Acts by Ritu Menon, and her own personal interactions with the aging Zohra Sehgal. Click here to read.
The Observant Immigrant
In Can We Create a Better World by Just Wishing for it, Candice Louisa Daquin dwells on the question to locate answers. Click here to read.
Book Excerpts
An excerpt from The Dreams of a Mappila Girl: A Memoir by B. M. Zuhara translated by Fehmida Zakeer. Click here to read.
An excerpt from Michael R Burch’s poetry book, O, Terrible Angel. Click here to read.
Book Reviews
Meenakshi Malhotra reviews Tagore’s Four Chapters translated and introduced by Radha Chakravarty. Click here to read.
Gracy Samjatsabam visits Mamang Dai’s Escaping the Land. Click here to read.
Aditi Yadav reviews Pallavi Aiyar’s Orienting : An Indian in Japan. Click here to read.
Rakhi Dalal visits Neelum Saran Gour’s Requiem in Raga Janki. Click here to read.
Bhaskar Parichha reviews Rakesh Batabyal’s Building a Free India. Click here to read.
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