Naresh Kumar's solo show, 'Hometown Anatomy', exhibited at the Gandhi Sangrahalaya in Patna, dissects the various meanings of death, and home by interweaving them with stories about migration.
Resurrection
A poem on resurrecting democracy and secularism.
Emerging From the Cocoon
A poem on how society expects women to play small in order to be more 'desirable'.
‘Eternals’ Is Jaded and Bland – and Doesn’t Deserve a Medal for Being ‘Inclusive’
Intent is one story, execution the other – and many times, a world separates the two. That world is 'Eternals' itself.
What Iris Murdoch Can Teach Us About Friendship
In a Murdochian view of friendship, being a good friend involves knowing or understanding our friends more fully – including their flaws.
Retrospect
'The only grief in my life is that there must be grief in one's life.'
Man? Woman? Khuki.
A personal essay about a lower-caste trans-man who is a childhood friend of the author.
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr: Senegalese Novelist’s Win is a Landmark For African Literature
He is the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to lift the Prix Goncourt, one of the book world’s most important prizes. And his win matters.
‘I Can Only Tell My Own Stories, the Ones I Can Connect With Personally’: Syed Jazib Ali
Ali, a 26-year-old filmmaker from Kashmir, co-directed a short film called 'ActNow' about the concerns of the youth on climate change. The film will be screened at COP26’s Glasgow …
Graduation
A poem from the point of view of a teacher bidding farewell to a batch of students.