The Many Tongues of Delhi
It was Delhi’s day out; a day when the tales of Delhi, due to its languages, had a poignancy and humour to it, instead of the usual horrors. Language, as it is, is wise;...
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When Trust lost Faith and was left with Belief
The Creators sang to the patrons with great gusto and eloquence, complete with sweeping arms and flashing smiles, “Meet Faith and Belief. Together they form Trust. They are the answers to all your prayers...
Rohzin: A Monologue to Soul
It is quite difficult to differentiate between outer and inner phenomenon in any creative piece of literature due to interwoven textual complexities. If a novel discusses history, religion, culture and society in specific perspectives,...
Inside the Abyss
“IT IS YOUR TURN TO CLEAN THE TOILET HIR WAKE UP!” Trust Ira to wake you up at your laziest. If the late last night was the best thing about sharing an apartment with...
Editorial II: ILF Samanvay 2016Language as Public Action
I start thinking about the space of this blog, in the context of ILF Samanvay and I start thinking about my own genre. What can be the public action of poetry? Till the 20th...
But Manto was a rebel by nature and he was not convinced
The reality of Manto has several layers in it, and every layer provides a new dimension of deeper reality. It’s on reader’s capability, where he stops and how he utilizes its dimension to enhance...
Chhoti Moti Baten: An Artistic Exploration of Urban AlienationA Review by Subho Maitro
Making a feature film based on a true story is a two edged sword. Firstly the viewers will always judge how close the director went to the reality, portray something call ‘authenticity’ and be...
The Professional Spitter
Hir had been meaning to visit this part of the blue planet for a long time, but this was not how hir had pictured meeting the first professional spitter of the world. The evening...
Manto: Real or Virtual?Moid Rasheedi
Manto writes in his letter to Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi: “Life should be portrayed as it is, and not in its ideal, past, future form.” It is not easy to agree with quotation. Neither it...
The Boat
Alcohol is the greatest equalizer, Hir remembered thinking as soon as hir eyes adjusted to the harsh rays of the rising sun. It doesn’t matter what time period, what planet, what dimension you walk...
