Holding Hands with the Stars: Five Poems by Sayan Aich Bhowmik

Poems by Sayan Aich Bhowmik: ‘I have been told the entire cosmos of our being / Hair, skin, Tissues / Renew themselves. / The old ones dissolving in air, without pain / Much like ice melting on the kitchen shelf.’

Finding Ginger

Matchmaking can be a tricky exercise, especially for cats. In a poignant essay, Barnali Ray Shukla shares the story of Zorro and Ginger, and the complex fissures of politics and morality that tug apart a pucca rishta.

The Somersaulting Cat

Poetry by Sanskriti K: ‘And watching me- / hacking the fruits of / the subconscious / from the tedious branches / of unexposed reality.’