Reviewed by Tasnima Yasmin Moving, mysterious and gracious, every word of Shanti Panna is dedicated to the soul of the reader. The idea behind writing this collection of long and short poems came up in the poet’s mind when she observed that every individual goes through a similar set of emotions. These emotions are universal…
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Review of Tongue in Cheek by Khyrunnisa A.
By Tasnima Yasmin Whoever thinks that humour isn’t a woman’s forte hasn’t read Tongue In Cheek by Khyrunnisa A. Cheeky, quirky and everything witty, this is a light read, one to lift up your mood, to take you through bursts of giggles and chuckles around all that is mundane and humdrum about life. Imaginative with…
What’s in a rose?
By Prajakta Paranjpe I was the rose, or was Ibecause was it only those whose bloodmatched mine who saw me in rosy colorbecause my own crimson tears burned as I was unlovedbecause I wanted to be morethan a beautiful partto be played by nothing but a body,the beauty fully my own, nor my only petal.Plucking…
Feminism and Sex Work
Zeba In society, mainstream women’s issues that can be worked in a capitalist environment tend to be more marketable. For example, tackling period stigma while advertising for their own products is something consumer companies do. We as consumers cannot ignore the machinations that are behind propelling an issue into the mainstream. Another example: for combating…
Rose day 1995*
By Anu Mahadev Why do we celebrate the rose –Cut, shorn of thorns and placed in the handsOf the most beautiful Why do a select few get to define beauty Who cries for the lost pulchritudeOf petals, rapidly losing their heady scentExcept for the ones whose hands are bereft Of sweetbriar velvet – The ones…
A Piece of Peace
The Woman Inc. talks with Sweta Vikram about her latest book, A Piece of Peace. Congratulations on your new book! How would you describe the journey of writing and publishing your book so far? Thank you so much! I am a big believer that nothing in life is ever all good or all bad. It’s…
The Woman Ink: Conversation with Ranjani Rao
Ranjani Rao talks to The Woman Inc. about her book, Rewriting My Happily Ever After. She also shares an excerpt from the book. The Woman Ink Series brings conversations with women authors. Excerpt from Rewriting My Happily Ever After – A memoir of divorce and discovery by Dr. Ranjani Rao. (Available online and at your…
Fall-Winter Issue – Jan 2022
Anu Mahadev As I write this in anticipation of the release of our next issue, snow is swirling and blanketing everything around me – summoning peace and suffusing the world with silence. But the precursor to this season was equally beautiful. It is good to know that despite the threat of climate change; some natural…
TWI Fiction: The Girl Who Talked To Sunsets
A story revolving around Suraya, Ravi and the sun Ankit Jamwal Suraya screamed at the Sun. Had it been only a week since she met Ravi? How did her life converge at this point…? * The walls loomed large, the vast complex resembling a prison. But Suraya could leave, unlike the others inside. Although she…
TWI Poetry: Autumn
Taseer Gujral I held an old picture in handThe absence of colour stirring a seasonOf fullness in a voidI saw fire throwing up tired shadows on wallsI saw red leaves returning to their branchesAnd a strange fear possessed meThe fear of coming to the path I had started fromI always had a problemWith tracing the…
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