Fiction & Poetry

Three Poems
a plant with green leaves on a black background
Three Poems

You made me breathe
The fresh air of freedom
By Swetha U.
November 17, 2025
Three Poems
Having a Tea with You
Two glasses of chai with rusk/dry biscuits to share
Having a Tea with You

On calls your voice greets me, balm to the parched everything.
By Carol D'Souza
October 15, 2025
Having a Tea with You
Eden’s Witness
An illustration of a desk with a table lamp shedding light on a plant. There are some documents on the table, a cup of tea and the table overlooks a book shelf
Eden’s Witness

Today I told him that rain wasn’t from evaporation or condensation. I said clouds cried because they missed water so much.
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
September 18, 2025
Eden’s Witness
The Tree on Which Orchids Grow Safe
Sunlight pours in through a forest thicket
The Tree on Which Orchids Grow Safe

I’ve never known the answer to childhood questions…
By Lavanya Arora
August 19, 2025
The Tree on Which Orchids Grow Safe
what cannot be said (will be wept)
An illustration of a young girl blushing in the foreground and an Indian lesbian couple in wedding attire embracing, framed by a queer rainbow halo. "Lesbian" and "non-binary" appear subtly in the background.
what cannot be said (will be wept)

It is not a word you expected in this poem,
Or in any poem at all.

By Malavika Krishna Kumar
July 16, 2025
what cannot be said (will be wept)
Aqua Blue Sky
A photograph of the blue sea and the horizon in the distant.
Aqua Blue Sky

A new language of colour, for me.
For us, a new colour of language.
By Saurabh Suman
July 16, 2025
Aqua Blue Sky
Words, a blade!
brown handle silver knife on brown wooden table
Words, a blade!

These are their words, their vision,
a blade that left a cut in my veins

By Abdullah Erikat
June 17, 2025
Words, a blade!
चाहत
A black pot on a firepit at night
चाहत

भाषा चाहे बोलचाल की हो या लिखाई की – इन में एक विषय लगभग नही के बराबर रहता है – यौनिकता और सेक्स से जुड़े शब्द, जब मिलते भी हैं, तो फुसफुसाहट में, धीरे से कहे जाते हैं।
By Maya Sharma
June 17, 2025
चाहत
Not Quite Anything
Pressed purple flowers in a book
Not Quite Anything

He didn’t wear his identity on his sleeve, and therefore he seemed more real than most people who did.
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
May 19, 2025
Not Quite Anything
दो कविताएँ
An old Rajasthani building with a lot of pillars and arches
दो कविताएँ

दो कविताएं – हवेली आधुनिकता के आवरण में क्षयग्रस्त पारंपरिक पुरुषत्व को दर्शाती है, जबकि चारपाई कठोर और लचीली अभिव्यक्तियों के बीच विरोधाभास प्रस्तुत करती है, जहां जो जिस चारपाई पर बैठते हैं, उसके गुणों को अपनाते हैं, जो भिन्न-भिन्न पुरुषवादी पहचानों का प्रतीक है।
By Sakshi Nain Bishnoi
May 19, 2025
दो कविताएँ
What we are owed
A seagull flying in the sky
What we are owed

…what is there to misunderstand
about hands that take without asking,
about silence twisted into consent
by those who have never had to be afraid?

By Shruti Sharma
February 18, 2025
What we are owed
No Birds No Bees
A red apple sitting on top of a tree branch.
No Birds No Bees

Aria walked into her school’s auditorium, giggling with the rest of the girls, because they were about to have their very first Sex Ed workshop.
By Aradhana Phadke Sardesai
December 18, 2024
No Birds No Bees
The Banyan Tree
A group of trees that are standing in the grass. The photo is taken at the temple grounds of a temple in Kasaragod, Kerala where Peepal and Banyan trees are common.
The Banyan Tree

It’s clear Ms. Nisha is not here to shame them or lecture them. She’s here to give them words when they have none. 
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
December 18, 2024
The Banyan Tree
Whispers of the River
A rushing stream in a lush, green forest.
Whispers of the River

We spoke about everything and nothing at once, her presence like a balm to an ache I hadn’t realised I carried.
By Abishek Philip
December 18, 2024
Whispers of the River
Fragile Facts and Fearless Feelings
A close-up of a crocheted blanket formed of vibrant squares of knitted fabric.
Fragile Facts and Fearless Feelings

That little baby born in spring,
Shall “he” identify as Queer?
Regardless, Polaris feels queer!
By Khawahish
November 19, 2024
Fragile Facts and Fearless Feelings
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