Readers Recommend List

Readers’ Recommend List #1

The ‘Readers’ Recommend List’ is a community-curated listicle of must-reads, handpicked by our passionate readers. Hey …

writer's block

Writer’s Block

What happens when the writer’s block – that dreaded ennui of creative juices – becomes the …

Clean Sweep

Clean Sweep and a Tale by Benvolio

Editor’s Note: The author’s experience is a powerful reminder of the perils of drunk driving, and …

Sea Salted Caramel

Sea Salted Caramel

I came to the kitchenTo chop tomatoesBut my mother said,You dice them,Like rolling your fate across,A …

Sea Fret

Sea Fret and Other Poems

the sea can be terrible at times –  she baits me with her meddling pecks of …

Pearl Earing 

The dawn breaks apart,  Seeing the skies drown in rain, Heart yearns to feel the dew, …

A Lonely Monologue

A Lonely Monologue 

I stepped out of my house after a week, can’t say that I liked it, it …

love letters from a feminist

Love Letters and Suicide Notes from a Feminist

My father told me that I had a lot to lose, when I hit puberty, because …

Sinf-e-Ahan Pakistani Series

Gender and Militarism: A Feminist Critical Analysis of the Pakistani Series “Sinf-e-Ahan” 

Violence has become the norm. After all, as Margaret Mead says, “No society that feeds its children …

Women in Folktales, History, Myths

When the world first had life  running through its deepest sinews,  a man and a woman …

i rise in flames

I Rise in Flames

Up and down, in a gentle rhythm, goes the chest as she whistles through her tiny …

Court poster

Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court (2014): A Postmodern Critique of the Indian Judicial System 

This essay on Chaitanya Tamhane’s film ‘Court’ was published by Film Companion in September last year …

scarlett

Scarlett

It was late at night, The pale crescent moon, Night shining clouds, Fire flies all around …

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