To the French philosopher, the mood for power is not always inimical, so the dissemination of power is not a means of circumscribing man, nor does it force man to act against his desires.
The country celebrated the 161st birth anniversary of 'Kabiguru' Rabindranath Tagore, Indian icon and the first non-European Nobel laureate on May 7. His...
With so much hate being spewed on social media and public platforms, the language of Urdu feels like a soothing balm
The writer Kinshuk Gupta is a medical student and a poet
Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca was an instructor of english, french and spanish before debuting as a poet in 1989
These poems bring alive images of twinkling jasmine flowers and purple geraniums; mynahs and mockingbirds; guavas and grapefruits to make profound comments on...
Draupadi is one of Indian mythology’s strongest female characters. Has the disrobing shame maimed forever a spotless name? Must a new beginning encircle the...
The bulldozer politics of the current times has ignited rare poetics among Hindi poets, prompting them to create a bond of solidarity with victims.
The lips submit to the address of the other, Letting the kite chasers and night growers belong, Ghare-Baire.
Assam’s immigrant Muslims are owning the racial slur Miya to assert their identity and express dissent
Poets from Kashmir, Palestine and Syria evoke the sense of loss and longing that keeps perennially gnawing at their hearts. In the face of the all-encompassing...
Drawing on Indian-Jewish heritage, these poems celebrate the warm memories of growing up with the customs and traditions of the culture and faith.
'The etymology of the word ‘Hijra’ can be traced to its Arabic root ‘Hijr’ which means departure or exodus from one’s tribe. There’s poetic justice...
In spaces constituted from violence and silence like Kashmir, translation can emerge as a handy tool to create narrative communities within the world at...
A boat filled with refugees has died of a ‘heart attack,’ and the Mediterranean Sea itself has 'drowned'.
In the asphalt jungle, where broken hearts go haywire, tall buildings look like lighted postboxes where people fold themselves like paper into envelopes.
A narrative of loss: of innocence, and freshness in love. When the dust settles on a relationship, the heart learns to let go. But we still hold on to the old...
Vignettes featuring a morning-walker, a kitten and a crow, oblivious to the tremors of violence. The after-blast rain reveals skeletal basics. What does peace...
What if you went out to purchase a rainbow, but were instead sold out to its beauty? How exactly can one meet one’s soul? Why must there be a war?
At a wildlife sanctuary, flamingo legs bloom pink roses over silver water. On a beautiful night, dark trees sigh and whisper as if in love. A quest to...
In these stanzas selected from ‘Shab-e-Baraat,’ the 18th century Urdu poet sketches the exuberance and zeal with which Shabe-e-Baraat is celebrated, and...
Of intertwined lives, sliced into two from one chord — together, yet unsewn, and each shoving away the other.
