Abhimanyu Kumar is a journalist based in Delhi. He has written for various national and international publications in the previous decade and continues to do so. His first book of poems Milan and the Sea was published in 2017. His work on cow-related lynchings in India was featured in an anthology published in 2018 by Aleph. He runs a literary blog called the Sunflower Collective, now five years old. He is also interested in cinema and film theory, philosophy and history. You can find him on Instagram: @abhimanyujourno.

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Reclaiming the Lost House of Oudh
Reclaiming the Lost House of Oudh

For decades, abandoned and alone in a desolate jungle mansion in Delhi lived Wilayat Mahal and her self-proclaimed royal family. After the death of the last prince at Malcha Mahal, Abhimanyu Kumar decoded history, personal accounts, and mysterious texts to explore if the family were the true inheritors of the House of Oudh.

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‘We Shall Not Live Half-Asleep’: Glimpses of Revolution from the Farmers’ Protests
‘We Shall Not Live Half-Asleep’: Glimpses of Revolution from the Farmers’ Protests

In a continuing large-scale protest, farmers have taken their stands in multiple borders around the New Delhi, prepared to force the government to blink first. Abhimanyu Kumar visited the Singhu border to find a spirit of resilience and revolution.

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Leaving Behind the Stardust: Inder Salim and a life sacrificed to art
Leaving Behind the Stardust: Inder Salim and a life sacrificed to art

Performance artist Inder Salim has traversed the profane, the political, and the poetic. Abhimanyu Kumar explores the process behind Salim’s ground-breaking work, where the mundane becomes magical, imperfections are embraced, taboos are broken, and for fleeting moments, the audience and the artist share a sense of transcendence.

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