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  • Notes on Burials with Jayant Kashyap

    Notes on Burials with Jayant Kashyap

    We don’t like to dwell on death, but it leaves visible and invisible marks on our lives. In Notes on Burials, Jayant Kashyap digs deep, exploring rituals and omens that mark death and its immediate aftermath –  body and soul. The winner of the Poetry Business New Poets Prize 2024, the volume leaves you to dwell on…

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  • Poetry Corner: Volume 13

    Poetry Corner: Volume 13

    It’s almost time to pack up and burn the old year. We’ve been thinking about a few words we read online the other day. It said: “I don’t want a new year this time, I want a gently used year.” We could use a gently used year, a simpler one where we were naive about…

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  • 5 Books by Indian Authors You Should Read

    5 Books by Indian Authors You Should Read

    As India continues its slide into majoritarianism, books by Indian authors reveal different facets – the good, bad and ugly – of a nation that’s flawed but still encompasses multitude of voices and ways of living.  Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbagh In Sakina’s Kiss, Vivek Shanbagh gives us an insight into the male psyche through Venkataramana…

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  • Poetry of the Wild: A talk with Kunjana Parashar

    Poetry of the Wild: A talk with Kunjana Parashar

    We are living at a pace today that leaves little space for wonder or the natural world. Even worse, there’s hardly any cognisance of how our consumption-driven lifestyle affects other species and lifeforms. Kunjana’s poems show how human lives are not just interwoven with nature but also mirror their patterns. Her debut collection They Gather…

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  • Book Review: Orbital

    Book Review: Orbital

    Six astronauts rotate in a spacecraft above Earth, conducting experiments and collecting data. They circle the planet sixteen times, seeing sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets. The “whip-crack of morning” arrives every ninety minutes. In the span of a day, they cross five continents, see autumn and spring, glaciers and deserts, wilderness and war zones. Harvey…

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