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Poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews that take the home seriously as a political site — exploring labour, loyalty, and what care really asks of us.

Care, Kinship & Domestic Worlds

Madhuri Kankipati
June 27, 2026

An Enhanced Version of Yourself A woman uploads her photograph into an Instagram filter that promises......

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Maulshree Kalothia
June 23, 2026

Over the last two decades, children’s literature in India has evolved in remarkable ways, and sector-building......

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Rati Girish
June 23, 2026

To paraphrase Keats, “A thing of simplicity is a joy forever/ Its loveliness increases/ It will......

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Sayoni Basu
June 23, 2026

in the Chronicles of Courage and Songs of Freedom series It is a matter of great......

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Nagakarthik MP
June 23, 2026

A reflective piece on The Forgotten Folklore Project and the strange curriculum of growing up in......

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Tultul Biswas
June 22, 2026

An excerpt from “Representing Diverse Childhoods” by Tultul Biswas from Children’s Books: An Indian Story, Ed.......

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Venkatesh Swamy
June 22, 2026

It is not unusual to reflect on things when a milestone is just around the corner.......

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Sayani Sarkar
May 31, 2026

Can a cup of coffee reveal the social anxieties of an entire society? What do coffee......

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Ashwani Kumar
May 28, 2026

I wake up early,arrange the antique rugs from Beirutchange the flowers in the vase,the window glass......

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Ashwani Kumar
May 28, 2026

I am waiting for her at the edge of my body—I look here, I look there—endless......

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Anasuya Basu
May 28, 2026

At Madhvi Parekh: A Life in Line, Memory and Myth, each canvas seems to tell a......

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Natasha Ramarathnam
May 28, 2026

It was a deserted lane. The street lights threw insufficient light. The only sound was the......

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Natasha Ramarathnam
April 29, 2026

Musings on Earth Day Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Guardian and a Thief’, which was longlisted for the......

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Rituparna Mukherjee
April 29, 2026

If home is found on both sides of the globe, Home is of course here—and always......

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Averi Saha
April 29, 2026

The first few pages of Nasima Anis’s novel reads like a documentary. A camera leading us......

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Shamita Dasgupta
April 29, 2026

In the vibrant, tumultuous Kolkata of the 1970s, four girls in their late-teens–Bulan, Renu, Suman, and......

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