The following extract has been taken from Indira Goswami’s first novel Ahiran (1980). Based on a......

The bats are outtonight. Roller-coasting.Shadow-boxing.Enormous.Dark as moths.Flightier than butterflies.Flitter-flutter-flitterin the gloaming.Weaving in and outof the undulatingswarthy......

Our clothes must bend to the windfor the sun is a malodorous thingthese days. Rain wants......

I was introduced to the doctrine of ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’ very early in my life...

I – A City without Cats There were no cats in the city I was born......

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At Mandir Marg police station, I saw,as I stepped off a private bus spillingwith young anti-CAA......

Searching… google knows what I did last summer, the fragrance of my soap....

Where is a slogan born?When does a sack ofrice begin to speak? The moon laughs tonightas......

City gates are shut The thoroughfares are quiet The pandemic threatens individual lives...