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Jawaharlal Nehru letter to Indira Gandhi
Opinion

The Big Fat Indian Wedding!

Weddings are the most beautiful moments that symbolize the beginning ...

Come Over Sometimes – A Poem on Grief, Guilt, and Gentle Redemption
Poetry

Come Over Sometimes – A Poem on Grief, Guilt, and Gentle Redemption

Come Over Sometimes is a hauntingly intimate poem about loss, guilt, and the quiet reconciliation between the living and the dead. Through confessions, memory, and metaphor, it captures the ache of self-forgiveness and the fragile act of healing across time.

Andrea Dworkin’s fierce writings on sex, power, and patriarchy remain profoundly relevant today. From Intercourse to her fiery “24-Hour Truce” speech, Dworkin exposed the deep inequalities embedded in sexual relations and male dominance. This essay revisits her legacy, controversies, and the seismic impact of her radical truths in the era of #MeToo and modern feminism.
Letter/Essay

Andrea Dworkin’s Radical Truisms Were Ahead Of Their Time

Andrea Dworkin’s Radical Feminism: Revisiting the Voice That Challenged Power and Patriarchy.

Ira Mathur, the Indian-born Trinidadian journalist, columnist, and award-winning author of Love The Dark Days, has built her career on amplifying the voices of those too often unheard. With family roots stretching from the Nawab of Bhopal to her grandmother Sahanajun and great-grandfather Abdul Majid Khan, Mathur’s own sense of being “an outsider”—as she describes herself, “Half Hindu and Half Musalman”—has deeply shaped her worldview and her writing.
Interviews

Ira Mathur on Trauma, Resilience, and Creating a Space for Women’s Silenced Stories

Ira Mathur, the Indian-born Trinidadian journalist, columnist, and award-winning author ...

Understanding a woman's mind is a complex journey. Explore her emotional wiring, the silent signals, the logic of her moods, and the unspoken rules of love and argument.
Opinion

The Unsolvable Puzzle: Understanding a Woman’s Mind, Moods, and Logic

Understanding a woman's mind is a complex journey. Explore her emotional wiring, the silent signals, the logic of her moods, and the unspoken rules of love and argument.

A moving collection of poems exploring life’s deepest emotions — from exile and solitude in The Canvas of Livin’ to the search for peace in The Elusive Happiness, heartbreak in The Whisper Adieu, solace in Thy’s Hand Solace, and the journey of losing and finding oneself in Ventured, though Lost.
Poetry

Poetry Collection: The Canvas of Livin’, Elusive Happiness & More – Verses of Life, Love & Loss

A moving collection of poems exploring life’s deepest emotions — from exile and solitude in The Canvas of Livin’ to the search for peace in The Elusive Happiness, heartbreak in The Whisper Adieu, solace in Thy’s Hand Solace, and the journey of losing and finding oneself in Ventured, though Lost.

In today’s hustle-driven world, busyness feels unavoidable. Discover the hidden costs of rushing through life—on health, relationships, and creativity—and how slowing down helps reclaim balance.
Opinion

Why We’re All in a Hurry—and What It’s Costing Us

In today’s hustle-driven world, busyness feels unavoidable. Discover the hidden costs of rushing through life—on health, relationships, and creativity—and how slowing down helps reclaim balance.

In the poem "Soledad," Spanish writer Julia Orozco offers a delicate and profound look at one of the universal themes of literature: the experience of solitude. However, far from being reduced to isolation or pain, Orozco transforms this experience into a luminous revelation, where human fragility is reconciled with the eternal.
Poetry

Solitude as Poetic Revelation: An Analysis of Julia Orozco’s Poem “Soledad”

In the poem "Soledad," Spanish writer Julia Orozco offers a delicate and profound look at one of the universal themes of literature: the experience of solitude. However, far from being reduced to isolation or pain, Orozco transforms this experience into a luminous revelation, where human fragility is reconciled with the eternal.

Chandana Sanyal’s memoir Nonapani Iskul chronicles her journey as a Bangla teacher in Salt Lake, blending humour, nostalgia, and critique of modern education. A heartfelt reflection on teachers, schools, and the fading bonds in India’s classrooms.
Reviews

Nonapani Iskul Review: Chandana Sanyal’s Teacher Memoir Preserves the Soul of Education

Chandana Sanyal’s memoir Nonapani Iskul chronicles her journey as a Bangla teacher in Salt Lake, blending humour, nostalgia, and critique of modern education. A heartfelt reflection on teachers, schools, and the fading bonds in India’s classrooms.

Poetry

Red Algae and Other Poems

Red Algae poem reflects on rivers, stones, and oarfish, weaving myth, archaeology, and legend into a meditation on memory, war, and hidden truths of humanity.

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