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A monthly column where we publish unpopular opinions – because, well we have too many of those ourselves.
Poems that witness, accuse, mourn, and resist. Work rooted in body autonomy, ecofeminism, desire, grief, exile, and decolonial reclamation - from Adivasi verse to Urdu ghazal to prison writing.
Browse by issue, by theme, or by mood - and expect to be changed by what you find.

Your Monthly Dissent Dispatch

Vaishnavi
May 29, 2026

When the Supreme Court chief justice compared youngsters to cockroaches, the youth made their contempt known.......

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Himani Usha Tripathi
April 24, 2026

Applauding Women on Screen, Silencing Them at Home A girl says at the dinner table that......

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Laraib Fatima
April 22, 2026

I met my friend after months of being swallowed up by work, family, and the relentless......

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Ishita Bagchi
March 10, 2026

The Internet tells me that 2026 is the year of analogue culture. Staying offline more. Touching......

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Jeena Papaadi
February 15, 2026

One of the things that has troubled me greatly in recent years is how women have......

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Jharna Choudhury
January 15, 2026

At what point did we replace books with screens? Sometimes, I question myself. A book face......

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Mandira Pattnaik
November 28, 2025

The reality makes me question why do I even write After years of steadfastly stopping myself......

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Scherezade Siobhan
September 26, 2025

All my life, I have mistaken duty for identity. Aged nine or ten, I tagged along......

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Shivani Jaiswal
August 29, 2025

The First World often treats India the way patriarchy treats its women. They say they want......

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Laiba Ali
July 25, 2025

Was I born out of violence? I’ve often tried to feel the intensity of that sharp,......

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Himani Usha Tripathi
July 18, 2025

Let’s be clear: social media isn’t the bad guy. It’s just the platform. The real show?......

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Aparna Salvi Nagda
July 11, 2025

These aren’t the days of mentioning the fridge when our sensitivity is frozen. Yet, born head......

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Ankita Dhupia
July 4, 2025

Oh wow, you’re so brave to have a baby at 42! I can’t tell you how......

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Jeena Papaadi
June 27, 2025

A short while ago, there was an activity I was part of: about fifteen or twenty......

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Nilanjana Dey
June 20, 2025

As a pre-pubescent tween, periods were an exciting enigma for me. Whispered requests for pads, furtive......

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Avani Garg
June 13, 2025

On how “Normal” quietly erases what doesn’t conform. “Your views are way ahead,” my mother would......

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