Author: Parcham Magazine
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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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“Roads”: Poems March 2025
Editorial: Suranjana Choudhury Welcome to Spring, Dear Readers. 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…
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Book Review by S.Mridha
Somjyoti Mridha reviews Charanik: The Walker by Mohanlal Gangopadhyay, Translated by Jayanta Sengupta. Charanik, originally published in Bengali in 1942 narrates a walking tour undertaken by the author Mohanlal Gangopadhyay (1909-1969) with his Czechoslovakian friend Mirek during the late 1930s just before the onset of hostilities that culminated in the Second World War. The Bengali…
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Photo Stories : “Roads”: March 2025 Issue
ROADS–Arteries of our Collective Existence Editor’s Note Ipsita Deb When I hear the word “Road”, I visualize winding veins of bitumen cutting through various landscapes. From countrysides to urbanscapes, mountains, deserts, forests. The arteries link cities, communities, towns – arteries of our collective existence – pulsing, throbbing, vital channels carrying lives essential movements. All…
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Candice Louisa Daquin in conversation with Suzette Bishop
CD: Dear Suzette. It is an honor to interview you on behalf of Parcham Literary Magazine. I was impressed with the caliber and consistent quality of your writing, and it came as no surprise that you taught. Do you find teaching helps you be a more prolific writer or do you think the reverse is…
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Calling for Guest Editors
Parcham invites its readers and contributors to guest edit future Issues starting June 2025. We look forward to receiving proposals highlighting the thematic strand around which the issue will revolve. The Proposal, of approximately 500 words should be mailed to the official Parcham e-mail id at parchamonline@gmail.com. The proposals, once received would go through the…
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Call For Submissions– ROADS (March 2025 Issue)
Submission for the March Issue is currently closed. We thank the contributors for sending us their work. We are working on the review and since we are a small team, it might take a couple of weeks for us to get back to you. We look forward to bringing out an engaging and stimulating issue.…