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A Man, Unfinished
A Man, Unfinished

In the solo play Adhura, Vivek Vijayakumaran explores how, even as we idolise historical and mythological figures, life tests the ideals they embody. Do these tests still liberate us, or do they become burdens that make it harder to make choices? By Sravasti Datta

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Last Night’s Silence – Five Poems by Aardhra Chandran
Last Night’s Silence – Five Poems by Aardhra Chandran

Poems by Aardhra Chandran: ‘Concrete trucks rumble past his fence, shaking the loose teeth / in his jaw, spitting black diesel smoke onto his holy basil plant. // He measures his life not in years, but in missing trees—/The neem chopped for wood, the mango that died of thirst.’

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‘Charulata’ and The Unseen Woman
‘Charulata’ and The Unseen Woman

‘To exist fully as an artist and human, one must be seen, heard, read, and acknowledged’: Farah Ahamed explores Satyajit Ray’s Charulata through the lens of Simone de Beauvoir.

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Lotus

A poem by Sayani Mukherjee: ‘Leftovers for the first time / Syrupy sweet nectarine smudged / Odours of sweet remembrance’

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Swing

A poem by Sayani Mukherjee: ‘Experienced insides of adult bones / Dilly dally fall / Over the window / A little trinket of shower’

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Jazz Blues

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’

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