The Blahcksheep
(1) In junior school, they would give us ‘holiday homework’ for the summer, so that the iced lollies and sliced mangoes would not erase whatever it was school filled our minds with. I once asked my grandmother for help with one of the assignments. These days, when her grey eyes cloud with confusion, I am …
#Poetry Cultivated by English the isles, they soughtO Albion your sea-encircled coast.What an interpreter of the maps visualisesTo the feet, hands never known Till like the Normans on your fair sand trod and tastedGeoffrey’s rhapsodical recipes of the national tongue.At Lakeland, lithosphere’s rainbow, poets met their museAnd your vast, icy cliffs guard Dover’s moon-blanched coast. …
कोई आज़ाद पंछी नहींना ही उसका कोई पंख मैं तो वह छत पर बंधेतार पर टंगा कपड़ा हूँजिस पर क्लिपलगाए जाते हैं हवा का झोंकाभरोसा दिला गयाकि आंधी आएगीमुझे छुड़ाने Shubhshree Mathur Shubhshree is a storyteller and design educator from Kota, Rajasthan currently based in Bangalore. She is a tea lover, bibliophile and as outgoing as …
Apart from the aesthetics, I got interested in miniature paintings because of the historical and political questions related to them. I wanted to know why artists painted the Gita Govinda? Or why Muhammad Shah Rangila commissioned a pornographic portrait? Or at what point did a subsection of Indian society start to feel embarrassed about certain …
Interview with Ankit on his Love for Miniature Paintings and why he Started ‘Niraamish’ Read More »
We’re doing four exciting workshops this April. Curated by passionate instructors across diverse fields, these workshops offer a fun way to learn (and unlearn) while making new friends. Combining theory with doing, all our sessions are interactive and collaborative. The language of instruction is English. All sessions to be hosted on Zoom/Google Meet. In case …
14th April, 2022: An update on the current situation in Sri Lanka by the author: • Appointment of a new Central Bank Governor: A new Governor was appointed to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe who subsequently tightened the monetary policy. He announced on 12th April that Sri Lanka will be suspending …
Hope Amidst Catastrophe: Sri Lanka’s Calls to End Corruption Read More »
In this reflective piece titled “Scattered Memories” the author journals her experiences and feelings on a diverse range of subjects from being at home in Bombay to elections, love, nostalgia, writing, hoarding and more At Home in Bombay I wake up thinking about the many streets, alleyways, and homes away from home that I have …
This piece was rejected by other publications and platforms that found it “interesting but not good enough to be published.” The author was told that it sounds like a “rant” and not a “proper write-up.” Bhunja ki Dukan literally translates into Dry-Roasted Snack Shops, i.e. small roadside shops that sell roasted dry snacks like peanuts, …
Bhunja ki Dukaan: An Important Parcel of Bihar’s Food Culture & Gender Politics Read More »
This “Apology Letter” is addressed to all those suffering due to wars around the world today. In the grand scheme of things, this letter cannot change anything. But even if one person comes across it and finds a moment of relief and kindness, it will make the author of this piece happy. I am sorry. I …
Author: Paulo CoelhoPublisher: Vintage InternationalYear of Publishing: 2017 “I am a woman who was born at the wrong time and nothing can be done to fix this. I do not know if the future will remember me, but if it does, may it never see me as a victim, but as someone who moved forward …