Some nights, I stay up late Whispering to my dreams; Revisiting forts of sculpted curves, Revisiting echoes of thrills. I trace my finger over that memory Over and over again, Like a blind girl braille to read. And as the night grows darker And the dance of my […]
Month: May 2022
Doordarshan Era V/S Private Channels
by Shubhangi Kotwal Those were the days when we had only one channel on TV and that was Doordarshan. There was uniformity, each one used to watch Doordarshan news, programs, and serials. This I am talking about the 1970s and 1980s decades. And not all households could afford TV sets […]
The Rajah’s Garden
by Divy Tripathi They wouldn’t know about it, would they? Of course not. Who cares about weed-wedded gardens and wild forests after all? I had been worrying myself sick over nothing. These are dead wastelands, which keep the dead with them. Maybe it was this ride that got me to […]
The Copper Bowl
The coin I dropped in the copper bowl the beggar was sitting in front of God torn, tattered one in black moist– forbade my donation of old clothes. I ascended the stairs of the temple and descended a hundred times despite my aching toe. the coin was still twirling in […]
Women’s Mobilisation in the Soviet Central Asia
by Monalisa Deka The female labour force in Central Asia played a very important role in the communist movement. In fact, one could say the real emancipation of women came after the communist parties started mobilizing them for their political purposes. Women often were ignored as unskilled and illiterate beings […]
Tension Rod
by Brian Fox from East Meadow, NY, USA
The Capital City We Live In
Who has hit the city, neither you nor I, Only those at the helm for 75 years, with vested interests; Allowed rampant growth, let it grow out of control; Are they only responsible, others silently watched its decay? A concrete jungle, now a dead city. Temperatures soaring as never before! […]
Friendship
Friendship Friendship is like sunlight A big warm hug, Embracing all of you You bloom into a beautiful person under it Unlike Icarus, You can never fly too close to this big ball of happiness Friendship is a rainbow Seven colours shared between two hearts Feeling, love, sadness, happiness truth, […]
Silhouettes
by Muhsina. K. Ismail The sky was huddled with greyish white clouds. Bright yellow sunlight was prickling Thamanna’s eyes. She drew the curtain blinds. Still, patches of yellow light appeared on a pillow, on the plastic foldable bookshelf, and on the yellow board printed with fruits and animals fitted on […]
Taming of Negativity….
In the duty of humanity, I am a hero, In the name of wealth, I am the zero, In the nakedness of Autumn, I am that tree, In the name of liberty, I am in spree. Bones in me are robust to be broken, Spirit in me is highly awoken, […]