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For Hers was a Garden of Pearls and other poems

For Hers was a Garden of Pearls and other poems

The layout of the garden in / The paisley of her shawl, / In indigo and madder red / Showed stories great and small

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Conversations with K.G. Subramanyan (1924-2016): Artist, Teacher, Visionary

Conversations with K.G. Subramanyan (1924-2016): Artist, Teacher, Visionary

This wide-ranging, in-depth interview with the Modernist master — whose birth centenary is being celebrated this year — was long lost to time and has been salvaged from a reporter’s archive.

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Neighbour

Neighbour

A lighthearted reflection on a young girl’s first experience with romantic feelings — feelings she harbours for her neighbour and her brother’s best friend

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Jocasta’s Son

Jocasta’s Son

In the early years of our marriage, I would often tease Shravan, call him a mama’s boy, and he would laugh and retort with, “that was before our marriage.” Implying he was all mine now.

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To Those Who Walk Away and other poems

To Those Who Walk Away and other poems

When you walk away / you become / ineluctably long, / like the longing, shadowing / the heart only to dissipate and merge, become / one / with the setting sun, throwing up dark.

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Essentia Home’s new Experience Center in Gurugram redefines modern living

Essentia Home’s new Experience Center in Gurugram redefines modern living

Located in Sector 34, Essentia Home’s newly opened Gurugram Experience Center sets a new standard for luxury, showcasing innovative design and Indian craftsmanship in a stunning 25,000-square-ft space

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Vintage Father: A Doorway to His Heart — Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca on Nissim Ezekiel

Vintage Father: A Doorway to His Heart — Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca on Nissim Ezekiel

Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca reflects on the life and legacy of her father, Nissim Ezekiel, the Father of post-colonial Indian writing in English, an unworldly man deeply devoted to poetry and teaching, who lived simply, with minimal needs, but had a generous heart, giving freely to others

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Earth Stride and other poems by Anu Majumdar

Earth Stride and other poems by Anu Majumdar

Everything waits/in the shelter of the heart, / Prayers shaking / through wild thoroughfares — / utterly bereft, / yet fragrant.

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Gaza Poems and Aphorisms by Yahia Lababidi

Gaza Poems and Aphorisms by Yahia Lababidi

A martyr is a witness / who testifies and gives evidence / only in a Higher Court / They must suffer death / because otherworldly truth / requires sacrifice of this life.

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Holding Your Hands and other poems

Holding Your Hands and other poems

In the glow of your smiling eyes. / We will both leisurely row the boat, / And once the night bends into dawn / And into its seamless echo of purity

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The Song of Razia Sultana and other poems

The Song of Razia Sultana and other poems

Alone and weary among the glitz of stars, / Stars so noble! yet none for me. / I sit alone in my obscure nook / And covet the moths so blithe and glee.

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Drowning in Diet Malts with Druig and other poems

Drowning in Diet Malts with Druig and other poems

In the desert, / in the midday time, / he would meet me at the celestial soda counter on Tuesdays, / wearing bovver boots and a leather choker studded with sardonyx / — the exosuit of a peregrine.

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