Short story by Chitra Gopalakrishnan: ‘The river always makes a mockery of these predictions, bursting its banks when least expected, and changing course as it wills, when it wills. The only certainty is its uncertainty.’

1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny: Last War of Independence adds yet another dimension to the existing accounts on the struggle for Independence. But how does our remembrance of history truly carry over to the present? By Priyanka Chakrabarty

Flash fiction by Karan Madhok: ‘Kunal imagines Yashaswi Sir running in the dark, back towards the bus, through the grass and the weeds and the shrubs. Over snakes and rabbits and frogs. Away from the light, seeing nothing, vacuum only making way for more vacuum.’

Edited by Farah Ahamed, essays and stories in the anthology Period Matters confront directly with the issues of pain, health care, dignity, and social taboos around menstruation in South Asia. By Shreemayee Das

Kashiana Singh’s poetry collection Woman by the Door is an exquisite intersection of the blossoming, enduring strength of women, the struggle of rebirth, and the existence with death and loss… through which Singh points us to a sure and certain hope: within ourselves. By Melissa A. Chappell

Art and poetry by Nirali Lal: ‘Never is it smooth sailing, events are never perfect / Cobblestone pave a pattern / A maze to unravel’

Photo Gallery: Infrastructural concerns and safety negligence have led to multiple major fires in Mumbai in recent years. But there are fires that often go unreported, small flares that alert the Maximum City of the rising infernos to come. By Altamash Kadir

In his latest exhibition, Ashok Bhowmick creates a dialogue between the artist and his viewers without any façade, inviting people to engage with his visual play of geometric shapes and patterns, colours, lights, shadings, and textures that inadvertently take shape. By Satarupa Bhattacharya

Personal Essay: Erisa Neogy is a backwoods Renaissance luthier, beatnik and general enigma. For the working musician, his workshop in Auroville is something out of a fairy-tale. By Dhani Muniz

A poem by Sayani Mukherjee: ‘‘A beau of my ice cream pot / Blackcurrants and choco deep breath / Melting as the sea rushes by / Holding by the June night’

A recent exhibition at New Delhi’s National Museum explored the lives and lifestyles of 19th century Indians, with stories of the resilience of many unknown and known Indian artists. By Bindu Gopal Rao

Rural India takes centre-stage again in Season 2 of Panchayat, a series that follows the thread of comic absurdity to stitch up a progressive lens on village life. By Karan Madhok