Mofussil Mummies
Smita shows us a slice of life in a laid back mofussil on the World Poetry Day. At seventy five and eighty, Under garden umbrellas They sit on the...
Punch/ I Kissed a Girl, I Liked it!
On World Poetry Day, we present are two love poems of Ampat. The first is tongue-in-cheek, and the second, rich in symbolism. Punch Love is balding Growing a paunch Writes...
Love, Seduction and Sex: Three Sirens of Literature
Renowned writers have dealt with love, seduction and sex aesthetically and sensitively. Ratan takes a close look into the so-called ‘Victorian taboos’ and shows us how these ‘three sirens’ of literature...
Deluge of Emotions in the Poems of Tikuli
Vibhuti reviews Tikuli’s book, Collection of Chaos. The reviewer says that the poet has ventured to utilise very different forms of poetry, and yet maintained her voice in it....
A Song Parts the Veil of History
Convivencia is the coexistence of different faiths in Spain, in early eighth century till the expulsion of Jews in 1492. It celebrates the common ancestry of Judaism, Islam and Christianity....
A Confluence of Sensibilities
Michele reviews, ‘The Significant Anthology’, edited by Reena Prasad and Dr Ampat Koshy. A 300- page compendium, it showcases 176 contributing authors. Its three sections, poetry, prose and long poem, contains ‘secrets of its...