An Ossathi’s Daughter
There had been rumours spreading through the village in the last couple of days, and finally, there it was—an actual television set.
शहरी अभियान और सभ्यता का नाटक
पिछले दिनों
शहर के अलग-अलग हिस्सों में
पागल कुत्तों के झुंड ने
कई लोगों को काटा
समुद्र देखने का विशेषाधिकार
समुद्र दिखाना है मेरी मां को,
उसने देखा नहीं कभी
Wretched Man
On the road,
there was a wretched man,
a man who was wretched,
who was lying in the middle of the road
वो धार थी
वो धार थी
कटार थी
The Meeting Under The Banyan Tree: A Short Memoir
As a ‘first generation’ Dalit, I tried to share my confusion about my ‘Dalit-hood’ with fellow ‘assertive’ anti-caste people but it was counterintuitive. They could not process why a person born in a Dalit family should be asking if she is ‘Dalit-enough’
Dalit Queer people in Non Profit: Decoding Posturing and Praxis
This is an opportunity for nonprofit organizations, specially organsations that are urban, led by dominant caste and/or cis-het leaders, to trust what we say, listen to us with compassion, and strengthen the commitments that they have.
If the Princess Had Lived
There had been rumours spreading through the village in the last couple of days, and finally, there it was—an actual television set.
Love
Had I known love only in its form of making four walls and eight corners of the world, I would have felt a warmth instead of tasting so much gutter in that song.
The Story of Maveli
Maveli is an important symbol of the rejection of brahmanism by the avarna peoples, and is a marker of the dissonance that underlies Hindu myths. Illustration by Shrujana N Shridhar Maveli or Mahabali or Bali is a mythical figure and a folk hero across Maharashtra and Kerala. He is mentioned as the “King of Asuras” […]