In Kipo and the Wonderbeasts, a teenage girl is lost in the big, evil world is a common trope for television, especially animation. This Netflix animation television series is different. Usually, such stories don’t catch my attention. I’m not thirteen-years-old, and exposure to the “real” world has desensitised me to the naïve, often cliched wonder depicted in such cartoons.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s new book tells a story otherwise overlooked
After Jharkhand banned his first book The Adivasi Will Not and resulted in his dismissal from work, it is good to know Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s uniquely political voice was not quelled.
Quit Mourning Karl Lagerfeld: A Poster-Boy For Not Separating Art From Artist
The sartorial world’s King is dead, and I am not sad. Karl Lagerfeld’s death is no loss to the world —
Sharmila Sen’s Not Quite Not White Challenges #WhiteCulture’s Claim on Americana
Born in Calcutta, Sharmila Sen’s memoir Not Quite, Not White chronicles her metamorphosis from a fresh-off-the-boat girl in White America to a Non-White American citizen.
Anita Nair’s new novel Eating Wasps takes a clear look at the tough choices Indian women make
Anita Nair’s latest novel, Eating Wasps is clear, concise and insightful. The book starts with 30-year-old Sreelakshmi’s suicide on a “Monday.
#BookReview: Half The Night Is Gone by Amitabha Bagchi Is More Than A Review Of Our Past
Amitabha Bagchi’s latest novel is a thoroughly Indian story. The two threads that run through this tale include the letters from a narcissistic author to his loved ones that details life in India in the 1970s and 80s,
Dear Straight People, s377 is your concern too
Oh Lord, my first orgasm. After months of pretending (poorly) to cum with my then-boyfriend, he of much porn experience,
Book Review: Tanuj Solanki’s Diwali in Muzaffarnagar dispels old notions about small town India
Tanuj Solanki’s new book of short stories, Diwali in Muzaffarnagar, contains eight stories of young men and women, who grew up together in Muzaffarnagar.
This Young Artist Celebrates Women in Fiction Through Her Art
Women in Literature are becoming rarer than unicorns. Real women with jobs and life problems that don’t include finding Mr Right are the ‘Nessies of the publishing world.
Ahead of Mental Health Month, Artist uses #36daysoftype to Highlight Psychological Issues
Megha Sharma aka @bewakoofladki on Instagram is a 21-year-old, self-taught graphic designer. After completing her schooling from D.A.V.
How to be a Man: A coming of age story about a boy, mistakenly born female
Pinky to Pinkesh, the journey has hardly been easy. Convincing family, paying for numerous surgeries, and becoming the sole breadwinner at home,
Jasoda: An Unrestrained and Poignant Telling of a Survivor’s Story
In his seventh novel, Kiran Nagarkar returns to the Rajput setting that captured our imaginations in his celebrated Cuckold. But Jasoda veers and stutters where the earlier novel sang and danced.
How Women Are Remembered: a review of Nine-Chambered Heart
It is interesting that Janice Pariat’s latest novel suggests that falling in love is easy. In The Nine Chambered Heart,