If I were a Tree/Souvenir Luck
If I were a Tree A poignant love poem by Tatjana, where she identifies herself as a tree. If you were living just across and if I were a...
The Irony in the Land of Kanchkas
A protest poem by Tripti. She tells us about the irony in the land which worships the female form, Goddess Durga, yet doesn’t want to bear girls or treat...
Baton Rouge Violence Escalates: How Many More Deaths will end the Savagery!
We have developed a fear culture. Here is a community that faces mass incarceration, violence and general mistrust for the police. And, on the other side, we have the men...
Unravelling Minoan Civilisation through Artifacts, Frescos and Ruins
The ruins of the Minoan Civilisation and a visit to the museum at Heraklion revealed an eclectic mix of wonder and beauty for Sushmita. In the Bronze Age civilisation, the...
Read Gour’s Antiquarium – Retrobrowsing every Monday in Different Truths
Readers of just three or four decades back might have been familiar with the terrific magazine culture of those times. The arrival of the latest issue of Life or The...
Civilians foil Coup Attempt in Turkey: Soldiers Surrendered on Bosphorous Bridge
The might of the people, united with the popular Turkish government, brought those involved in the coup buckle and go down on their knees. It is the victory of...
Hey, Chai Anyone?
There was a message outside the Tea Board office in Kolkata. It said, “All time is tea time.” That’s right in India. We hear the chai vendors at all hours...
College Street
Lopamudra presents a series of prose-poems or short vignettes in blank verse based on certain long-standing images of Kolkata, and the US. Here’s the first one of the series, ‘College Street’...
The Litany of Violence
The recent senseless killings, a terror attack, in the French Riviera (Nice) has appalled people around the globe. Mamta recounts the savage violence in verse. In another Continent Like a leitmotif...
Summer Grill: Wholesome, Healthy Food
The joy of cooking and eating outdoors is a land of white winters is immense. Here Anumita shares gourmets’ delight, the recipes of grilled fish, poultry, mutton, paneer and vegetables...