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Review of Aditi Dasgupta’s ‘Language Has No Homeland’
Aditi Dasgupta’s Language Has No Homeland is not merely a collection of poems – it is a multilingual act of remembering, resisting, and returning. It is remarkable for how it… Read more ⇢
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Review of Anita Desai’s ‘In Custody’
I read Anita Desai‘s In Custody (published in 1984) back in 2019. It wasn’t an accidental read; it was one of the books to be read for our post-graduation under… Read more ⇢
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‘Great Things Lie Low and Rest Content’ by Tim Conley
Whispered in the palace courtyard, three wild rumours about the reclusive young Emperor. The first had it that he was, as they say, a child of nature, or,… Read more ⇢
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‘Crete’ by Neil Agnew
Verdant vistas lie before mountains of stone that solemnly watch over. The ridge’s message is clear: nothing beyond here. Patches of variegated green- and dun-colored grass sewn onto the land. White… Read more ⇢
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City, Food and Women: A Literary Essay on ‘Ami Kolkatar Rosogolla’ by Srijani Dutta
This essay examines the song “Ami kolkatar Rosogolla” from a postcolonial perspective by displaying the relationship between city and food. Rosogolla is an Indian food which can be primarily found… Read more ⇢
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‘Excerpt from Memoir: I Will Burn While I Shine’ by Michael Amatulli
The following morning I rose from between two parked vehicles, still high from my near-overdose. I slowly walked in the direction of the train station and the paid underground bathrooms.… Read more ⇢
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Review of Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’
SUBMISSION OPEN for Fiction Writing Contest. Win Cash Prizes and Dual Publication with The Hemlock Journal and Remington Review. Click Here to Know More. “Where do old birds go to die? Why don’t dead ones fall like stones from… Read more ⇢
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‘How a Libertarian Paradise Tried (and failed) to Survive on “Bear” Necessities’ by JB Polk
Once upon a time in a land far, far away… That’s how fairy tales typically start. But the story you are about to read is not a fairy tale.… Read more ⇢
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