Category: non fiction
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‘On Being a Debut Author’ by Shivangi Gajwani Jain
A strange quiet has settled in since the book left my hands. I am agented now and my debut novel is on submission. This is the good part, isn’t it?…
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Classic Inspiration, Modern Angst: Mainak Bhaumik’s Generation Ami (2018) as a tribute to the cinematic genius of Satyajit Ray
When Mainak Bhaumik decided to take up Apu and Durga as the names of the two protagonists, for his 2018 Bengali film — Generation Ami, he knew that the fate of his characters…
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‘Castle of the Wild Bees’ by Lawrence Winkler
‘When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.’ ~Ramakrishna The road was held together with flocks of goats and serpentine curves. Thirty cents had bought us an hour and a…
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‘The Need for Scholarship’ by Tanvi Kusum
The prompt beckons me to lay down my struggles in a candid manner in order to win the scholarship, similar to an overly enthusiastic first date who needles you for…
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Cancel Culture: Digital Vigilantes or a Legit Check on Power?
I’ll never forget the time I jokingly called a friend’s sandwich “postmodern art”—and woke up to ten angry emojis and a group chat full of “unfriending” threats. Welcome to cancel…
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Same-sex Sharing Same Suppressed Sentiments: Queer undercurrents and the subversive potential for female kinships in Jane Austen’s Fiction
The paper aims to explore the queer undercurrents and female kinships, especially homosocial bonds spanning across the works of Jane Austen. The queer potential has been recognized in female friendships…
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‘Archeology’ by Ronald Fink
The ceramic Aztec mask mounted on my apartment wall is one of the few physical reminders I have of my Chilean uncle, who died in exile in Mexico City almost…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
