Fiction & Poetry
तीन कविताएं – “आज़ाद कर दो मुझे”, “पीके”, और “हमें नहीं बनना महान”
हमें नहीं बनना महान
हमें इंसान ही रहने दो।
By अनामिका झा
October 17, 2024
When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Queer Possibilities
To be a gentle / friendship breaker for S. To be // a candle-lit confetti apology for S.
By Aakanksha Ahuja
What is your verb
Khusro to Bullah. Ada to Parveen
यह, वह, वो
He, she, they
Lover or Beloved? Woman or Man?
By Carol D'Souza
March 1, 2023
Waves of the Unseen
The bathroom stall becomes a sanctuary, a stage, a confession booth.
By Radhika Modi
September 18, 2024
Two Poems: ‘Tongue’ & ‘Names’
You speak in so many tongues to me as you journey languorously down my body.
By Damini Kulkarni
May 1, 2018
Two Poems: ‘Stepwells’ & ‘In the Dimly Lit Room’
Just like on a misty morning,
we both
sit
without a shred of adornment
on these ancient stepwells
and the call of the hummingbirds
offer us sensations,
imagination,
and our innocence
May 3, 2022
Two Poems: ‘Only sometimes’ & ‘No filter’
Sometimes my love is
as expansive as the earth itself
Patient
None of the restlessness of a filly
By Carol D'Souza
May 3, 2022
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
You couldn’t begin to say the self
Before someone helps you finish —
Self-centred
Self-serving
Selfish
By Carol D'Souza
September 19, 2022
Two Poems: “Hidden Costs of Promiscuity” and “Volition”
I gargle away the itch in the tonsils accompanying this persistent flu.
By Carol D'Souza
April 18, 2024
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’
He said ‘tender’ today/in such a way/I thought/I’d definitely like him saying/dirty things to me
By Carol D'Souza
February 1, 2022
Three Poems: “I dreamt…”, “The day…”, and “Wedding Album”
I always thought I’d get married in a white mekhla-sador, the paht soft and warming, so in cool weather please.
By Unmana
October 17, 2024
Things other than maths I tried doing, and failed miserably
Waxing my body for the first time last year to have silky skin like the women on Veet’s box but ended up with rashes instead.
By Greeshma
There I sat down and wept
“Be yourself, Sarah. Awkward smiles, empty silences, weird laughter, and all. It’s just a part of being human. Loving someone physically is never not awkward. Even if it’s a monogamous relationship. It’s only the comfort of familiarity that makes you think otherwise.”
By Anna Lynn
April 19, 2021
The Two Worlds of a Bi Poet
In my flesh, I must pass
for straight…
But in the digital world,
I can be me.
By M.A. Dubbs
December 18, 2023
