Fiction & Poetry
APART / CONNECTED
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November 20, 2023
Embracing Self
An obese body filled with dreams so vast,Yet self-doubt’s shadow on her confidence cast.In the night, she finds her quiet…
By Shruti Sharma
October 19, 2023
Coming out as small
They lay eyes on him, they see a body out of the gym. A black, thick beard, in a need…
By Abdullah Erikat
August 10, 2023
Lovers as plants in a kitchen garden
Life’s too small without freshly cut corianderGenerously sprinkled on kadhai chicken.Mint leaves blitzing their way with tomatoesRipe from the vine…
By Lavanya Arora
July 17, 2023
The Anatomy of a Queer Body
Please tread gently. This poem has potentially disturbing content. I see death, perched at my window.Sometimes, they even sit on…
By Gokul Prabhu
June 16, 2023
Patriarchy Won’t Let Me Masturbate
A man must do it all with a ‘hard edge’A little rough, nasty, brutishWith courage and temperance, wisdom and justiceWith…
By Shashwat
June 16, 2023
June 1, 2023
Sins that can’t be washed away
Like some perverted Pavlovian desire,
the wafting smell of fresh soap
that fills up the air in the bath
has my pupils dilate when walking out.
By Hritvika Lakhera
June 1, 2023
Things other than maths I tried doing, and failed miserably
Waxing my body for the first time last year to have silky skin like the women on Veet’s box but ended up with rashes instead.
By Greeshma
I never liked your beanie
I only ever read your letters
to learn what patterns to avoid
in future relationships.
By Hritvika Lakhera
May 4, 2023
What is your verb
Khusro to Bullah. Ada to Parveen
यह, वह, वो
He, she, they
Lover or Beloved? Woman or Man?
By Carol D'Souza
March 1, 2023
Love belongs to me too
I see people and places,
Couples and crushes
I hear giggles and whispers.
These are the secrets untold to me.
By Gayathri
March 1, 2023
Did you see?
They’ punch him
with the pejorative
‘sissy’
and blame him for his smooth skin
and pink lips
for all ‘their’
disoriented gazes.
March 1, 2023