The literary luminance that brightened the twilight
‘THE shadow of the ashwattha tree easily takes away the weariness of the scorching sun of the Bangla month of Chaitra (Chaitrer dabadahe ashwatthachhaya barai shrantiharak). The sente...
Essay
Reading Eco: The reason why we look at the sky
The event of Umberto Eco’s death is not only very saddening — it has also, at the same time, turned into a problem. The first problem concerns his identity. Of course, the identity ...
The ‘Dirty Old Man’ of Indian Journalism
Khushwant Singh has a kind of charm about him that you can’t resist. He will drive a wedge right through your heart and yet it will have a soothing effect. His lucid style, inimitable...
Poem
Oh Rohingya, Who Art Thou? Where Art Thy Homeland?
Oh Rohingya, who are you? Oh Rohingya you are many things to many people. Oh Rohingya you are a name 50 million Myanmar are brainwashed to hate who know next to nothing abou...
Two Poems by Sayeeda T Ahmad
My Love Story I tripped on your laptop case resting on the sidewalk and twisted my left knee. I was trying to catch the Metro at the next stop and its damn d...
Books
What can we learn from Marie Stopes’s 1918 book Married Love?
A century on, its overheated language can seem quaint, but the book was a pioneering attempt to tackle a problem that is still unsolved “More than ever today are happy homes ne...
