Author: Parcham Magazine
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Mumbai through the eyes of Sheth and Senior
The Work of Art All five images were photographed in Mumbai between 2021 and 2025. The theme ‘The Work of Art’ is an homage to the title The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing, a book by Adam Moss (Penguin Press/USA/2024) Selina Sheth and Anil Senior are writers and filmmakers based in Mumbai.…
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Photographs by Mainak Majhi
Mainak Maji, is an Engineering student by degree, storyteller by instinct. He likes to capture fleeting moments through his phone’s lens, chasing light, symmetry, and stories. He feels like the world is his canvas, and his camera, a looking glassto hidden narratives in everyday life.
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The Art of Dawid Planeta
FROM “MINI PEOPLE IN THE JUNGLE” BY DAWID PLANETA “One must learn an inner solitude, wherever one may be.” – Meister Eckhart “The Hermit”, 2023, ©Dawid Tobias Planeta The young man approached the hermit. He was standing still, looking into the light. “Are you beginning to tell a story again?” the hermit asked, his eyes…
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Non-Fiction, July 2025
I admit it sounds strange but the key to packing books – so that they can withstand, and prevail, a rough and tumble journey in the back of a truck lurching over potholed roads – is ‘breathlessness’. Every last square inch in the carton must be occupied, stuffed with either a book or rolls and…
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In Conversation with Mehak Jamal
Mehak Jamal talks of creating a “a repository of undeniability“ Mehak Jamal’s debut work Loal Kashmir: Love and Longing in a Torn Land has been the talk of the literary world since its publication. Sayan Aich Bhowmik was in conversation with the author, trying to dig deeper into what went into the mapping of the book,…
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Dibyajyoti Sarma: Rooted in Freedom Through Poetry
Semeen Ali in conversation with Dibyajyoti Sarma I spoke to Dibyajyoti to reflect not just on poetry or publishing, but on how language and a city can shape, un-shape, and reshape a person. This exchange is less an interview and more a quiet tracing of that delicate line between rootedness and drift. Dibya, as his…
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Call for Submissions: Parcham July 2025
Parcham ‘s July 2025 Issue will be an Open Issue. We invite previously unpublished Poems, original Short Stories (In English), translations of Short Stories, Non-Fiction pieces, Editorials, Photo-Stories and articles on Films and Popular Culture from interested contributors. Send in your submissions for the July Issue by the 5th of July 2025 to parchamonline@gmail.com. Please follow the guidelines below and in…
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Priyanka Sarkar: A Journey
Semeen Ali In Conversation with Priyanka Sarkar A Note from Semeen Ali: Continuing my conversations with writers, poets, and translators, I now present my exchange with the wonderful Priyanka Sarkar. Through this conversation, I have sought to unveil the journey of a person – the path one takes, or must take, to arrive at where…
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Up, Close and Personal– Nishi Pulugurtha
Candice Louisa Daquin in conversation with Nishi Pulugurtha Candice: Dear Dr. Pulugurtha. It is an honor to interview you on behalf of Parcham Literary Magazine. I knew you prior to Parcham through shared projects and oft admired your writing for its fine candor and ability to get to the heart of an issue with few…
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