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The Traces We Left Behind
Dear reader. As 2022 comes to a close, we want to remind you to be kind to yourself. Remember that what you accomplished this year was enough and you…
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June 2022
Fatherhood, Love’s austere and lonely office
Happy Father's Day to everyone who is celebrating or remembering their father today. We're sending our love to you all with a few poems ...
Poems India
Jun 19, 2022
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March 2022
Not Someone Else's War
"In today's world, where we live, there is no longer someone else’s war. None of you can feel safe when there is a war in Ukraine, when there is a war…
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Mar 28, 2022
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Flowers are not enough
I can no longer pretend the flowers are enough. Flowers in my mother’s hijab frame the smile lines grown deeper; the long term health effects of…
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Mar 8, 2022
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February 2022
Queerness is a palette of colours
A rainbow stretches across the sky and we look at it in wonder, but what about all the colours walking on the street?
Poems India
Feb 27, 2022
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Queerness in India, Art and behind
One common argument being used for the inability to identify queerness is its overt absence from the different walks of life and society.
Poems India
Feb 14, 2022
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January 2022
कला में 'लोक'
I often find myself humming songs that I have no recollection of learning anywhere. It is only after a recent observation I found out that my mother…
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Jan 25, 2022
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The Art We Inherit
In a way, our culture holds on to us- it travels not in ink or dye or notes, but from one hand to another, leaping from one tongue to next, making room…
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Jan 16, 2022
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December 2021
To a new year
Before we rub off our soles on the welcome mat of December to walk clean into this new year, we need to remember what we fought for, what we fought…
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Dec 31, 2021
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From the Mouth of Resistance
What if one fine day your metaphors were snatched away from you and you were told that your art will be barred from reaching the world?
Poems India
Dec 20, 2021
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Of Places and Poems
I have always been fascinated with the idea of space and identity relationship — how space and place can affect the formation of one’s self, how the…
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Dec 5, 2021
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October 2021
4 poems that highlight the importance of mental health
In honour of World Mental Health Day, we urge you to take a minute of action in whatever way makes the most sense to you. We’ve pulled together a few…
Poems India
Oct 10, 2021
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