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Regurgitate… There’s nothing left Heave… High Thump… Loud Retch! Wretch Retch Nothing left to spew Pause Heave Heave Regurgitate There is… emptiness to spew Ebony blues Purple hues Poke and prick No space is left Continue Continue Day1, Day 2, Day 3 And on …and on … and on…...
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Cooperation for change, this is essentially what multilateralism is all about. Countries with common goals, working together. While what this suggests is working together for positive change, the global politico-economic scenario has given an entirely different connotation to this term. Colonial, ethno-racist, genocidal governments and their cronies, with documented...
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What is your go to poison? Choose… wisely!! Wisely? A pill… bitter to swallow? Death It is easy Coy even Playing hide and seek Or so it seems Playing hard to get Silence, sleep… Perhaps that is all that I seek? Death It is no enemy Aloof, indeed, untouchable...
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Namrata reviews Nocturne Pondicherry (Hachette India, 2024) originally written in French and translated into English by Roopam Singh calling it a masterclass in atmosphere, character, and quiet rebellion. In Nocturne Pondicherry, Ari Gautier delivers a collection of seven masterful stories that are both hauntingly lyrical and brutally honest tales...
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Originally a European lore, myth and story, vampires have long held great fascination all around the world. While a huge number of literary and cinematic iterations vis-a-vis the blood sucking monster originating from Europe explored themes of love, obsession as well as the notions of East versus West, otherness...
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The art of sowing seeds of division among people, nations, can best be learnt from the colonial-thinking, imperialist West. Be it the Sykes-Picot Agreement, Balfour Declaration, the San Remo Conference in 1920 or the South Asian ‘Independence’ in 1947; recent history is replete with examples how the Europeans (and...
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In an age of distraction, where the present clutches tightly at our gaze, Dr. Kanika Gupta chooses to look back, deep into the crevices of time, where myths still flicker like oil lamps and forgotten hands etched divinity into stone. Art historian, dancer, filmmaker, and author, Gupta is a...
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Seated in my chauffeur-driven car (disclaimer: as I am visually impaired and do not drive after daylight), I told my 17 and 15 year old children to refrain from discussing India and Pakistan. Living in a multi-cultural country from where we or rather I, have spoken about issues that...
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The United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) originated the concept Women in Development (WID). Influenced by feminist discourse of early 70’s in the Global North, it aimed to integrate women into the development process. By late 80’s, it was critiqued to cash in on women as appendage into existing...
Regurgitate… There’s nothing left Heave… High Thump… Loud Retch! Wretch Retch Nothing left to spew Pause Heave Heave Regurgitate There is… emptiness to spew Ebony blues Purple hues Poke and prick No space is left Continue Continue Day1, Day 2, Day 3 And on …and on … and on…...
Cooperation for change, this is essentially what multilateralism is all about. Countries with common goals, working together. While what this suggests is working together for positive change, the global politico-economic scenario has given an entirely different connotation to this term. Colonial, ethno-racist, genocidal governments and their cronies, with documented...
What is your go to poison? Choose… wisely!! Wisely? A pill… bitter to swallow? Death It is easy Coy even Playing hide and seek Or so it seems Playing hard to get Silence, sleep… Perhaps that is all that I seek? Death It is no enemy Aloof, indeed, untouchable...
Namrata reviews Nocturne Pondicherry (Hachette India, 2024) originally written in French and translated into English by Roopam Singh calling it a masterclass in atmosphere, character, and quiet rebellion. In Nocturne Pondicherry, Ari Gautier delivers a collection of seven masterful stories that are both hauntingly lyrical and brutally honest tales...
Originally a European lore, myth and story, vampires have long held great fascination all around the world. While a huge number of literary and cinematic iterations vis-a-vis the blood sucking monster originating from Europe explored themes of love, obsession as well as the notions of East versus West, otherness...
The art of sowing seeds of division among people, nations, can best be learnt from the colonial-thinking, imperialist West. Be it the Sykes-Picot Agreement, Balfour Declaration, the San Remo Conference in 1920 or the South Asian ‘Independence’ in 1947; recent history is replete with examples how the Europeans (and...
In an age of distraction, where the present clutches tightly at our gaze, Dr. Kanika Gupta chooses to look back, deep into the crevices of time, where myths still flicker like oil lamps and forgotten hands etched divinity into stone. Art historian, dancer, filmmaker, and author, Gupta is a...
Seated in my chauffeur-driven car (disclaimer: as I am visually impaired and do not drive after daylight), I told my 17 and 15 year old children to refrain from discussing India and Pakistan. Living in a multi-cultural country from where we or rather I, have spoken about issues that...
The United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) originated the concept Women in Development (WID). Influenced by feminist discourse of early 70’s in the Global North, it aimed to integrate women into the development process. By late 80’s, it was critiqued to cash in on women as appendage into existing...
