Featured Images by Mithra Menon (Left) and Jay Mehta (Right) “Side de, side de,” shouted the bus conductor, almost unknowingly, like how one touches their face a hundred times per some seconds, thought Manish, too exhausted to fact-check, or, perhaps, too in a hurry to care enough. Well, meet Manish. A handsom- “Oh hello sir, … Continue reading
Featured Image by Jayalakshmi Rangarajan We’ve frequented this particular coffee shop for Sunday breakfast for as long as I can remember. Possibly even longer than that, considering Ma and Papa have been regulars here ever since they got married. The scrambled eggs on toast may have gradually shrunk over the decades, but my family’s loyalty … Continue reading
This is about reclaiming yourself as something that holds value even after being lost, broken, and quintessentially forgotten. Vintage here has been used as a metaphor for holding value. can you imagine that one day we cease to exist and all that’s left behind suddenly becomes of value maybe it’s the watch that your dad … Continue reading
The is a self portrait of me at work. All my art have elements/Easter eggs that talk about me. For example the plant here is the plant I was told that I am according to an online quiz. the stickers and props in the background are an insight to who I am. This illustration … Continue reading
before there were poems in this house, there was rummy; a pack of 52 playing cards in their plastic homes, stacked on the tallest shelf ever, my 4 year old hands couldn’t reach there. All the transgressions my grandma allowed- a whole bottle of coke, a CID marathon starting at midnight, but the cards were … Continue reading
Featured art by Gujjarappa Bg The coloniser’s oppression fractured The grasp on my mother tongue — a complete mess formulated; Languages spoken countless Learnt relearnt and traced to their birthing ground — trans-generational Words and syllabi exuding soft — honey dew-ish Ambrosial nectar churning a web of comfort and homeliness Yet the coloniser’s language cuts my … Continue reading
The Cinema Edition || This time, we attach wings to him. It’s Amrita’s idea. Once in a while, she hits upon something actually good. Dev looks wonderful like this, spreadeagled on the divan with one wing crumpled under his back and the other brushing the wall, wearing his oversized t-shirt and nothing underneath except the thigh highs. Continue reading
I took these photographs in the old city of Jodhpur, when I was there for a few hours. The blue was overwhelming but fascinating. I wanted to hold it all in my hand. I wanted to turn into Steve McCurry for just those few hours. But this is what I got. By Shubhdeep Kaur Shubhdeep … Continue reading
An Edition of ‘Ease’ She dove in – a stream of Sunlight – through the open window. A dance with the curtains, a sweep across the room. Slowly, she lazed over my crumpled bed sheet, like a drowsy cat, ruffling the blue and yellow flowers on it. (The same flowers that a bee once thought … Continue reading
Life is beautiful, that’s what I believe and every soul has that unique beauty. Husna means beauty and we are surrounded by beauty. There is a group of people who love themselves more than anyone else – their beauty lives forever. They call themselves Hijra but for me they are Husna. They believe they are … Continue reading
