क्यों आयी हो महामारी? – A Poem by Ashwani Acharya
एक दिहाड़ी पर काम करने वाली मजदूर औरत की कहानी, उसकी ज़ुबानी, जो अभी के हालात समझ नहींपा रही...
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Pray the Gay Will Stay
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The Goddess Wears White, The Devil Wears Black
Photo Credit: @mabel_lee I watched her shameful bosom silently heave a heavy sigh, as she heard and cringed when friends...
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Norma Jeane Mortenson
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Un-United in the USA
A protester bringing awareness to race issues in a Black Lives Matter event George Floyd, a black man, was killed...
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Amphan Isn’t a New Story
Photo Credit: Mark Dyer, Flickr, CC-BY 2.0 My first experience with the rains of Calcutta was many years ago. It...
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Remembering Manto
To remember Manto is to remind oneself of an era in black & white. The stories by the man/writer/activist who...
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The Immortal Tagore
Prefer listening to this article? Use this player! Narrated by Mohua Chinappa. As I sat on my desk to...
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The Film-maker Who Painted With his Camera
My favourite film till date remains Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray. The film is an adaptation from Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhyay’s novel...
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A Rogue’s Gallery of the COVID Era
This quarantine has been an absolute delight in one way: I've been watching the world, with a keen eye and...
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The Hands to Empower
Pavitra Muddaya of Vimor has worked tirelessly in the world of crafts since the last 40 years. Her saris were...
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Teen Choto Chamooch (Migrant Stories #1)
This is the first article in a series about the untold stories of displaced immigrants & migrants. Sobha Das was...
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Heralding Poila Boisakh Amid the Chaos of 2020
Today on Poila Boisakh, the customer is treated like Lakshmi and as the businessman closes accounts for the year, he...
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Crossing the Lakshman Rekha
I have the privilege to be able to love this lockdown; it's come at such a cost for so many....
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Masks & Metaphors in the Time of Mass Epidemics
I am bombarded with videos of clumsy husbands in kitchens, songs of grit and prayers to the universe. The one forward...
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Move Over Savita Bhabhi, Suresh Bhaiyya is the New Stud In Town
In a starched white banyan and with a boring job.. the perfect man? I have always had a problem when...
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The Solitude Of Slut Shaming
She could feel the first blood trickle down her legs. She was 11 years old and not even coherent...
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