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Vapours of Mogra

Vapours of Mogra

Akash Narendran takes a moment to look back, but sets eyes firmly on the future, in a ritual of new hope.
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Allies For The Uncertain Futures: An Introduction

Allies For The Uncertain Futures: An Introduction

An introduction to the upcoming exhibition series
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Maybe she’s born with it

Maybe she’s born with it

Yamini Krishnan writes a poem about the plight of femininity in the contemporary patriarchal society.
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KALI

KALI

Kainaat Bhaskar responds to India’s obscure obsession with light skin through a tempestuous poem.
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Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Ankita Anand writes about the illusive nature of the alluring promises made our country’s government.
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Wash off each molecule of despair

Wash off each molecule of despair

Chintan Girish Modi writes about the importance of peace education within our schools and everyday activisim.
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Talk Dirty to Me

Talk Dirty to Me

Suryatapa Mukherjee writes about the falsity of purity in our largely saffron country.
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Queer

Queer

Anahita Sarabhai verse by verse deliveries the plight of the queer existence in a growing ignorant world.
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Ask Us How We Are Getting Home Tonight

Ask Us How We Are Getting Home Tonight

Nupur Sawant calls out for solidarity and allyship through a powerful performance piece
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Why The Present Political Climate In The Country Is A Test For Humanity

Why The Present Political Climate In The Country Is A Test For Humanity

Ankita Anand writes about a resistance of kindness that must balance the divisive politics of our times
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STREET TAX*

STREET TAX*

Alok Vaid-Menon writes about the street as a space for the performative intersection of patriarchy and communal insecurity, highlighting…
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BAMA

BAMA

Nandini Verma writes a poem on Bama’s story, a dalit feminist and novelist who emerged as a hero, in a casteist society.
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I am a Man. I am a Feminist. And Feminism Helped Me

I am a Man. I am a Feminist. And Feminism Helped Me

Sudhamshu Mitra writes about his conversion to feminism and the role of men in the movement
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the storytellers do not die

the storytellers do not die

by shrenik mutha; artwork by Sohini Sengupta
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The Noise at the Margin

The Noise at the Margin

Ananya writes about her walk on the streets of Shivaji Market that leads to a series of warm realizations: of color, beauty, and resistance
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