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    Lina Krishnan

    Lina Krishnan

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    Lina Krishnan is an abstract artist and writer in India. Small Places, Open Spaces is her chapbook of nature verse. Her poems can also be seen in sixteen anthologies, among them the Black Bough Poetry Winter Anthology; and three editions of the Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English.
    • ISSUE 13
    • POETRY
    June 24, 2025

    Artichoke Reverie

    Longing for a place that now only dreams

    byLina Krishnan
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    December 13, 2024

    Different Strokes: How Thailand and India Do Queerness by Lina Krishnan

    Travelling in Thailand sometime ago, I was struck by the Pride signage

    byLina Krishnan
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    • POETRY
    January 19, 2024

    The Census by Lina Krishnan

    today i got a call from assam from my 85 year-old sister in law, the oldest

    byLina Krishnan
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    • POETRY
    May 21, 2023

    Crossing the Threshold and Other Poems By Lina Krishnan

    Gauri departs To Himavan’s Cloud realm Father’s heir in name & courage

    byLina Krishnan
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    • POETRY
    November 9, 2021

    Three Poems By Lina Krishnan

    I am who I am I will see people’s faces change When I tell

    byLina Krishnan
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    December 23, 2020

    Ramnarayan Ka Baaja By Lina Krishnan

    Ramnarayan baaja bajata Dam dam dam dam dholak bajata Ramnarayan baaja bajata

    byLina Krishnan
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