A prose poem inspired by a painting by Jamil Ahmad Khan, an artist from Ahmedabad, bearing the same title.

BY Gaurav Monga 2 July 2023

To build a father out of the air, much like building much anything else from nothing, especially when the only time you saw him was those two sore years after your birth. You grow up to call anything father, even an old telephone pole. 

BY Gaurav Monga 19 June 2023