Articles
by Mark Antony Rossi I completed my semi-autobiographical fiction collection “Something Happens When We Die” and I began wondering the cost of the violence I became a part of during the Cold War days of West Germany. The women I slept with just to help me through the night. The […]
by Aditanshu It’s the weekend; you just got off work, and plan to meet up with your friends. After an evening of having drinks, you visit the food court to see what it has to offer. You immediately see lots of fast-food restaurants at the same place. Although this gives […]
by Mark Antony Rossi The act of writing short fiction is not a sunny stroll down nostalgia lane. It’s more akin to the creative modification of truth to make a dramatic point. Despite puritanical criticism, I am steadfast in my conviction that straying from the sequentiality of reality is not […]
by Adwaith PB Jab mia beevi raazi, to kya karega qazi? In the present political atmosphere, besmirched by an idée fixe for nationalism, an “illegitimate child of colonialism”, as claimed by Nandy, qazi (here, State) is adept in doing many things. The overwhelming majority in Indian states, with a de […]
by Ria Banerjee Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s sophomore cinematic venture Jonaki (Firefly)(2018) is nothing if not avant-garde in its visceral exploration of the deceptive nature of memories. His first film, Asha Jaoar Majhe (Labour of Love)(2014) foregrounded the triumph of love which can thrive despite temporal constraints. The transformative potential of […]
by Deepanshu Srivastava This article is a sequel to our article on Indian Paralympians. Here we put forward a description of the games and performance of the seventeen proud medal winners, in brief, in Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 (their names appear in alphabetical orders in all the three types of […]
by Shobha Diwakar Oops! What did I write? Lapdog, really, oh! Yes, now I realize… I meant laptop. Then why does the title read, Lapdog? Well, you see, both begin with the initial, same alphas L A P meaning Lap, besides Dog and Top… both words share three letters. Yes… […]
by Priya Prakash Pune: The iconic Handmade Paper Institute (HMPI) Pune never fails to add extra value to the festival with its innovations. This year HMPI is all set with new Ganpati idols made up of 90% Paper pulp and 10% adhesive and Shaadu Maati. Their successful experiment with Paper […]
by Deepanshu Srivastava Paralympic Games were in much limelight since they commenced on August 24. Interestingly, the Paralympic Games were founded by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a Jewish doctor who had started a spinal injury center at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, England. For faster rehabilitation of 16 injured servicemen and women, […]
by Anantinee Mishra One of the greatest paramours of English literature, with perhaps an introduction that is an ominous glance of the foreseeable future. Anna Karenina; the intense tempest, the substantial whirlwind; the emotional hurricane, spread across eight parts; delivering a passion so magnetic, yet so fatal that in the […]