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Poetry

They Say – Vaishnavi Namdeo, Bareilly

They say, 'Check on your dress' They say, 'Why showing that bra strap?' They say, 'Why you go after 9?' They say, 'How...

IR - July 1, 2020

Fiction

The Saints Came Marching – Dev Vrat Sharma, Rajasthan

They came in a likeness of a pageant, marching. Huge figures, tall, short, middle statured: almost of all humanly possible dimensions; pot bellied, with...

IR - January 1, 2020

Fiction

An Affair – Priya Hajela, Pune

She rushes in, her shiny sari tied up above her round and firm belly, just below her tailored padded blouse. She walks with...

IR - September 1, 2019

Fiction

Nakkeerar – Nithya Sridharan, London

It was a strange day at the little store I managed. We were buzzing with the excitement of the big boss who was coming...

IR - February 1, 2018

Theatre and Film

‘Argumentative Indian’ exposes the nonsense arguments of Censor Board

Central Board of Film Certification’s (CBFC) decision to not permit Suman Ghosh’s much expected documentary ‘Argumentative Indian’ shows new heights of cultural emergency that...

Thasni Salim - August 26, 2017

Articles

Don’t teach women how to wear, ask your sons to respect women – Thasni Salim & Praveen Pilassery

Women are taught for long by ‘men’ gendered society, the rules and codes of conduct a woman should follow in life. It has been...

IR - August 22, 2017

Articles

70 children succumbed to death due to lack of oxygen supply in Gorakhpur Medical College Hospital in Uttar Pradesh – Thasni Salim

It is tragic to hear that more than 70 children died within a week in Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das Medical College due to lack...

Thasni Salim - August 13, 2017

Articles

Can a misbehaviour compensated by money? Minors stamped on their face with an entrance stamp in Bhopal Jail – Thasni Salim

Rakshabandan is one of the prominent ritual celebrated by Hindu community in India. In every rakshabandan the brother promises his sister that he will...

Thasni Salim - August 12, 2017

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