Poetry
Amrita Pritam: Not Just A Poet, But Revolution Personified | #IndianWomenInHistory
Amrita Pritam’s legacy for women and subsequent generations is to intentionally challenge status quo, trying to use art to challenge accepted taboos and redefine them. Be fearless, unabashed and courageous in the face of crude censorship and charges of obscenity, of raising and using your voice to speak as you see the world – not in the manner that the world expects you to speak.
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Locating Marriage
I began to see Marriage / in Appa’s weathered hands, / smell Marriage / in the tea he brewed…
By Damini Kulkarni
March 5, 2017
Extra Large
“Large will not fit you.” / She is scoping me, up and down, eyes / Flicking fast and darting away / From the roundness of my breasts / To the happy jiggle of my thighs.
By Damini Kulkarni
August 2, 2016
I Walked Out in My Night Dress
There it was the road I was looking for, / Where I walked in my night dress / under the morning sun, / with no sleeves and no legs / with no bra and no shame.
By Tanya Sharma
August 2, 2016
May 16, 2016
Travelling
Note: Travelling is a poem by Eunice de Souza. I find it impossible to read a poem without layering it…
By Shweta Krishnan
March 1, 2016
I want to 377 you so bad (and Other Poems)
i want to 377 you so bad till even the sheets hurt i want to ache your knees singe your…
By Akhil Katyal
June 17, 2015
Voices: Poetry
Boys standing up to their fathers are invitations to patriarchy When boys become men it is marked by celebratory loud…
By Lean Deleon
July 1, 2014
Voices: I Am Queer
I look at you, a warm embrace, with arms, eyes, mind, heart and soul. You look at me, eyes…
By Asmi
January 1, 2014
मैं और तुम
मैं अलग हूँ, कैसे? तुमने पूछा | मैंने तुम्हें लौटाया, खाली हाथ, बैरंग, छूछा | मेरा प्रेम बद्ध…
By Asmi
January 1, 2014