Read Original Poetry By Henna Kaushal: “Broken Motherland”
The wrinkles on her forehead bend and curve like the Chenab filling and defining her face. Deepened with wisdom and worn with time, I cannot … Read more
Poetry
Read Original Poetry by Aditi Kay: “Ode to Cities: City Conversations and City Secrets”
Ode to Cities City Conversations I Crowded coffee shops, the chaos of other conversations I found you in places like these Anonymous hideaway worlds with … Read more
Happy Birthday Prince! Read A Tribute-In-Verse From The Morning Papers
The Morning Papers is a collection of pieces on the wonder that was and is Prince. In April, the world lost an unparalleled singer and … Read more
May 28-29: Exploring Identities In Intersection At Smithsonian APA Center’s Crosslines
This weekend, May 28-29, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center presents “Crosslines: A Culture Lab on Intersectionality,” a free event in Washington, D.C., at the … Read more
Read Original Poetry by Sindhuja Ramasubramanian — “A Coracle Ride” & “Prayer (a sonnet)”
A Coracle Ride I squat on one side of the basket – boat, ready to be propelled across the green river’s girth. Unequally balanced, by … Read more
Pieces of a Man: A Review of Poet Sanjeev Sethi’s This Summer and That Summer
Poet Sanjeev Sethi reveals to the reader his most private self, as one leafs through This Summer and That Summer (Bloomsbury), his latest and third … Read more
Read Poetry By Sanjeev Sethi: “Holograph” and “Ascot”
HOLOGRAPH There never has been a go at noblesse oblige but bills of other kinds have been hounding me with haste. Legitimate or illegitimate a … Read more
“Silver” and “Telepathy” — Original Poetry by Shobhana Kumar
Silver just before festive occasions the gods make do without their silver lamps and paraphernalia. in the ritual cleansing prayers, oxidised from longing … Read more
“Bodies” — Original Poetry By Sagaree Jain
The boy I loved was so dark, so dense, so soft in the air conditioning, so beautiful with his thick chest and spindle legs and … Read more
“Yesterday’s Poetry” & “Your Song” — Original Poetry by Yuan Changming
Yesterday’s Newspaper Like a small leaf Rolling along From curb to curb Beside or behind Each running wheel You have become Heavy, even heavier Than … Read more
