Issue 51

Ab Initio

Introduction In legal or regulatory matters, scrutiny of original intents and contents is par for…

Operation Sunlight

Introduction The pigeon-hole principle in Mathematics states that if there are more pigeons than there…

Hammer & Sickle

Introduction Eugene Datta's story has a simple premise. Tripti, a young Bengali woman, sets out…

Ringa Ringa Roses

Introduction Analysts of literature can’t avoid representing narratives in geometric shapes. A story told in…

Steel Brothers

Introduction Businessmen, businesswomen. The biggest ones swamp our attention—ghostwritten autobiographies, biographies, rags-to-riches accounts follow. Contemporary…

The Thicket

Introduction Freud, in his analysis of Hamlet, says something to the effect that "no son…

Revolver

Introduction In Sree Prasad's "Revolver", his characters Manish and Shanti are burdened with doubts, dissatisfactions,…

Everything Forest

Introduction The Photographic Essay, at its best, is an act of seduction. Words & Photography…

‘Amnesia’ and other poems

Introduction What do C-sections, takhellei flowers and monolid brides have in common? Well, Linthoi Ningthoujam…

‘Strings’ and other poems

Introduction In Sommerset Maugham’s Human Bondage the young Phillip one day musters courage to ask…