Arts & Culture
Thomas Crowley

Days of the (Sarguna)Raj

Wilbur Sargunaraj is a YouTube sensation and his new film, Simple Superstar just released in late 2012. Thomas Crowley reviews the film, and also adds to his earlier criticism of the man and his art … Has Wilbur Sargunaraj changed,

Interviews
Epsita Halder

Singing is Like My Personal Prayer

Epsita Halder in conversation with Parvathy Baul. Listen to Parvathy Baul live at Kabir Festival 2014: When I first experienced Parvathy Baul’s performance, it was the first in a series of epiphanies. Over the years that I’ve been following her performances,

Arts & Culture
Tabish Khair

X-Men, Darwin and God

Imagine a villain taking all humanity captive, and slowly, in full view of the others, forcing individuals to jump to death, one after another heh-heh-heh, off a steep cliff. How many human beings do you estimate would need to be

Arts & Culture
Paramita Banerjee

Tribute to a Mentor

In memory of someone for whom activism, academic pursuits and institution building were not unrelated exercises. Paramita Banerjee pens a tribute to Jasodhara Bagchi. On 9 January this year, Professor Jasodhara Bagchi breathed her last at 8.20 in the morning.

Poetry
Krishnakumar Sankaran

Poems by Krishnakumar Sankaran

  A room full of clocks In a room full of clocks in a palace too clean, your guide with the saffron turban and immaculately pleated trousers points to Turkish clocks and French clocks and Italian clocks and Russian clocks.

Poetry
Ameya Tripathi

Poems by Ameya Tripathi

  This is East Finchley I What are you doing over there and why? Walking treading slipping gripping stamping: Why have you done that, and for whom? For whom?   Not for anyone, anything, not for! Gravelly gravel grates grinds

Politics & Society
Haziq Qadri

Almost through a fake encounter

In Kashmir, where life is more uncertain than death, freedom becomes more important than life. Haziq Qadri talks about his experience of almost being the victim of a fake encounter… In Kashmir the state forces can kill you in the

Arts & Culture
Paramita Banerjee

Precious to Me – She still shall be

Paramita Banerjee delves into the art of poetry and learns that it is one of the most universal of languages and that it traverses all boundaries and emotions.  “Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the

Poetry
Samudra Kajal Saikia

Poem by Samudra Kajal Saikia

  Matchstick Monologue I was a matchstick, I remained useful for many- In many ways.   Many people removed the wax from their ear with me here and there. Many people used me to clean their teeth after the meal.

Poetry
Nitasha Kaul

poems by nitasha kaul

  You Have Reached Me But I Am Not Here. Please Leave A Message After The Tone: I never thought I’d be saying this Not to you. Not on a machine. Not after all this time. Time? Is it in