In The Deep Forest
“It was a chilly morning, much like this one”, Hir’s eyes wandered a whole circle over the heads of the group huddled over the thinning fire, “I was new to the planet back then....
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Palimpsests in Brick and Mortar
I’ve often wondered about and been deeply intrigued by the casual graffiti one gets to see ever so often in public monuments. In an almost atavistic act, one etches, on walls and domes, a...
Interview - Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay
Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay is one of the most significant fiction writers in contemporary Bangla literature. His subjects range from rural Bengal to seminar room boredom challenging our so-called urbanity with a very powerful language. His...
What is Circumcontentive Poetry?A movement of contemporary Bangla poetry, its nature and outline
Postmodernism claimed to have saved poetic arts from the sealed museum showcase, poetry was shattered thus by its forces of uncertainty and dissent. The retrieved vase fell from the edge of the table into...
Tamil Writer Perumal Murugan wins ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman
Tamil Writer Perumal Murugan wins ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman His novel Madhorubhagan to be honoured at 5th edition of India Habitat Centre’s Indian Languages Festival ‘Samanvay-2015’ Perumal Murugan now in the august company...
Bantul The Great
I think about him and I go back to 1986 when for the first time I came across Bantul the great – a truly magical comic strip for a 9 year old. ‘How is...
Whetting the Appetite of a Hungry Mind
It was at that moment when the crow finally came to its senses, stopped singing and swooped down to retrieve the fallen vadai, only to find that the fox, in a swift, seamless manoeuvre,...
On The Lonely Planet
It was a cold night on planet Honjowe. Clashes between the Simuys and the Footless, who were assisted by the Mhors, were on rise. Hir was troubled. The Mhors were allies to the Footless...
Shambhunath Chattopadhyay - Silhouette of a Secluded Countenance
Muazzin! Do you walk up that enchanting tower, alone? … The circuitous stairs are built of such miraculous words ….where the sky declares I’m the beginning… Else are temporary—dawn! (Morning Azaan in...
Mohini - The intolerable longing for loveA review of Pradipta Bhattacharya’s debut film Bakita Byaktigato (The Rest is Personal, 2013)
The night outside was buttery. Lavish fiesta lights had adorned the city. It was the day before the Durga Puja. Kolkata, once the foremost cosmopolitan city now reduced to a meagre global mufassil was...
