Edited by Mitra Phukan, 'The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told' is a collection of 25 translated stories that are richly diverse and beautifully translated.
On Keeping a Journal
Journaling isn't about the freezing of the moment, it's about picking the many threads of your lived experience.
Joel Coen’s ‘Macbeth’ is Stark and Stripped Bare, Familiar Yet Different
The director's adaption of the Shakespearean tragedy takes us to a bleak, minimalist world.
Insults, Isolation, Broken Friendships: Dalit Students Open Up on Caste Discrimination in US
The inclusion of caste in its anti-discrimination policy by the California State Universities is as a major triumph for activists.
A Year After Myanmar Coup, Growing Surveillance Threatens Lives
Myanmar citizens face heavy odds in accessing online space as military junta clamps down on dissent.
On Watching You Pass Through a Crescent-Shaped Abrasion
An essay on my late grandmother’s intangibility.
Dispatch From Kashmir: A Letter to My Newborn Daughter
'Life here is hung in uncertainty between two extremes. I don’t exactly know where I belong and whether what I have chosen is right or wrong.'
Teaching Journalism Now a Risky Affair in Hong Kong
Journalism teachers in Hong Kong can no longer teach freely amid an ongoing crackdown on free press by the government. Some are adapting to the new situation and changing …
Sambar, the Humble Vegetable Stew
A poem on the relation between the soupy dish and man's constant dance with disaster.
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Should We Ask Where Philanthropic Donations Come From?
For centuries now, ill-gotten wealth has been donated for social good – as well as social acceptability.