Fiction & Poetry

Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
Photograph of the roots of a tree
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
You couldn’t begin to say the self Before someone helps you finish — Self-centred Self-serving Selfish
By Carol D'Souza
September 19, 2022
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Photo of a trees in a forest. There is little distance between the trees. At the centre is a singular tree with twisting and gnarly branches.
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Sometimes my love is as expansive as the earth itself Patient None of the restlessness of a filly
By Carol D'Souza
May 3, 2022
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Two Poems: ‘Stepwells’ & ‘In the Dimly Lit Room’
Held between a thumb and the index finger is the delineation of a golden-yellow leaf with sunlight shining on it.
Two Poems: ‘Stepwells’ & ‘In the Dimly Lit Room’

Just like on a misty morning,
we both
sit
without a shred of adornment
on these ancient stepwells
and the call of the hummingbirds
offer us sensations,
imagination,
and our innocence
By Prithvijeet Sinha
May 3, 2022
Two Poems: ‘Stepwells’ & ‘In the Dimly Lit Room’
Two Poems: ‘Tongue’ & ‘Names’
Two Poems: ‘Tongue’ & ‘Names’

You speak in so many tongues to me as you journey languorously down my body.
By Damini Kulkarni
May 1, 2018
Two Poems: ‘Tongue’ & ‘Names’
Waves of the Unseen
A cube placed against a flat, vertical plain surface. A maze pattern is superimposed over everything.
Waves of the Unseen

The bathroom stall becomes a sanctuary, a stage, a confession booth.
By Radhika Modi
September 18, 2024
Waves of the Unseen
What is your verb
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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
What is your verb
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
When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Queer Possibilities
An arrangement of miniature colourful ceramic houses
When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Queer Possibilities

To be a gentle / friendship breaker for S. To be // a candle-lit confetti apology for S.
By Aakanksha Ahuja
June 18, 2024
When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Queer Possibilities
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
तीन कविताएं – “आज़ाद कर दो मुझे”, “पीके”, और “हमें नहीं बनना महान”
three concrete sculptures resembling human figures installed at a high altitude and facing towards the right of the image.
तीन कविताएं – “आज़ाद कर दो मुझे”, “पीके”, और “हमें नहीं बनना महान”

हमें नहीं बनना महान
हमें इंसान ही रहने दो।
By अनामिका झा
October 17, 2024
तीन कविताएं – “आज़ाद कर दो मुझे”, “पीके”, और “हमें नहीं बनना महान”
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