Author: Parcham Magazine
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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 We invite previously unpublished Poems, original Short Stories (In English), translations of Short Stories, Non-Fiction pieces, Editorials, Photo-Stories and articles on Films and Popular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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Interview
Candice Louisa Daquin in conversation with Shruti Sareen CD: Dear Shruti It is an honor to interview you on behalf of Parcham Literary Magazine. We were fortunate enough to know each other through many mutual projects prior to you writing for Parcham. I have followed and admired your work in The Brown Critique, and Muse…
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Fiction and Non-Fiction: March’ 2025
Editorial: Suranjana Choudhury Is it the beginning or the end of a road that we pursue? Like complex algebraic equations, roads – the real and the imagined, oftentimes confuse us. In our ways, we try to gather meanings from the many roads we tread. In the long run, whatever we have gathered makes up our…
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Films and Popular Culture: March 2025
Editorial: Gita Viswanath The scorching heat is back and what better time to stay indoors and read! In this special issue of Parcham Online on the theme of “Roads,” I am happy to present an insightful essay by Nalla Dilip Kumar on a cinematic adaptation of a Telugu novel, Mrs. Paramkusham by Malladi Venkata Krishna…
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