Film Review: Stray Dolls
The path to the American dream is paved with nightmares in Sonejuhi Sinha’s Stray Dolls, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last month.
On the Cover
By Arun Kale · Conceptualised by the Kadak Collective, the Bystander anthology is an ambitious crowdfunded project that aims to gather works created by a diverse group of over 50 South Asian creators from 13 countries.
Contents
Book Review: Small Days and Nights
In its lyrical, deconstructed form, Tishani Doshi's latest novel tells the story of big things that happen in small places.
When the Cat’s Away
Loneliness and loss, the perception of absence, and the choices that emanate from it are some of the themes filmmaker Sudipto Roy explores in Kia and Cosmos.
A Transdisciplinary Approach
In conversation with Vandana Singh about climate change, speculative fiction, semiotics, the nature of language, and her new book Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories.
Noise
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Available Now: ‘Dissent’, Vol. 6 of Our New Writing Anthology
Vol. 6 of our New Writing anthology is our third one in print and features original writing handpicked by Meena Kandasamy and Eunice de Souza. Get your copy now! -
Available Now: ‘After Hours’, Vol. 5 of Our New Writing Anthology
Vol. 5 of our New Writing anthology is our second one in print and features original writing handpicked by Anjum Hasan and Samhita Arni. Get your copy now! -
Available Now: Helter Skelter’s First Print Edition
Vol. 4 of our New Writing anthology is our first print edition and features original writing handpicked by Janice Pariat, Nitoo Das, and Jerry Pinto. Get your copy now!
Interviews
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When the Cat’s Away
Loneliness and loss, the perception of absence, and the choices that emanate from it are some of the themes filmmaker Sudipto Roy explores in Kia and Cosmos. -
A Transdisciplinary Approach
In conversation with Vandana Singh about climate change, speculative fiction, semiotics, the nature of language, and her new book Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories. -
Stories of Nagaland
In conversation with Easterine Kire about war, the importance of community, documenting unwritten histories, and her latest novel A Respectable Woman.
Features
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Fertile Baldness
Shame, non-acceptance, and exclusion unfailingly accompany baldness. But baldness can be fertile, too—for humour and style, if nothing else. -
Verticals
Modern, Western-aspiring society has a crisis of lifestyle; its problem is not its physical distance from nature, but its emotional distance. -
Woman in Charge: Gram Sabha
Tara wished she could speak more at these meetings, but there were important people here. She had to make a good impression.
Reviews
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Film Review: Stray Dolls
The path to the American dream is paved with nightmares in Sonejuhi Sinha’s Stray Dolls, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last month. -
Book Review: Small Days and Nights
In its lyrical, deconstructed form, Tishani Doshi's latest novel tells the story of big things that happen in small places. -
Book Review: Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat
Perumal Murugan's latest novel is not primarily allegorical, but accords animalkind the dignity and depth of feelings that they are rarely manifested with in literature.
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