Category: Hear! Hear!
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June 2026 : Poetry
Words come together in delightfully new ways through poetry, fiction and non fiction, rife with irony or pregnant with unusual imagery to say that silence is no longer an option, that celebration of alternative ways of living than those configured by the norm, to create new solidarities and newer languages that are unafraid to reimagine…
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Clean by Addhaya Anil
My father announced his passing years ago, yet some days I feel like I will crawl out of my own body, with my bones cracking from places I never thought of. With that, also comes this feeling that he would come unannounced and ask me to wake up at four in the morning. Some days…
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Garba: Gujarat Culture and Heritage by Krishna Shah
The roots of garba Garba is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘garbha’, meaning ‘womb’ which is dedicated to the worship of the goddess Durga. The history of the garba can be traced back to old Hindu legend that tells of Lord Krishna’s granddaughter in-law, Usha. The way she danced popularized a precursor to the garba,…
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In Conversation with Nani Walker.
Claire Wu in conversation with Nepali filmmaker Nani Walker about her first narrative feature, “Shakti,” which is set in Kathmandu. The film follows a single mother’s fight for justice after her young daughter is sexually assaulted. Power in “Shakti” seldom announces itself loudly. Rather, it appears in quieter forms, whether it’s men’s authority over women,…
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Fiction and Editorial: June 2026
Issue Editorial by Dr. Sonali Pattnaik These are times when writing is one of the hardest things to do. These are also times when writing is one of the most necessary things to do. Power, in the form of Artificial Intelligence, a tech colonisation that greedily guzzles all the water of entire ecosystems run by…
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Reviewing The Dead Fish
Review of The Dead Fish ( Rajkamal Choudhury, translated by Mahua Sen) The Dead Fish Author – Rajkamal Chaudhary Translator- Mahua Sen Year -2025 Publisher- Rupa Publications The word “translation” has its etymological roots in the Latin translatio, which means to carry over. This act of carrying over carries within itself a journey, a “route,”…
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On the First Genocide of the 20th Century
The context in which the original peoples of west-south Africa came to be is very similar to the current geo-political situation of Gaza, where today the Isarelian government is carrying out an operation of generalized extermination of the Palestinian population by leading to the total destruction of a civilization. This teaches us that history has…
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The Yellow Metaphor: Poems from Assam
Title: The Yellow Metaphor: Poems from Assam Poet: Jiban Narah Translator: Anindita Kar Publisher: Penguin Eight: An imprint of Penguin Random House Year: 2026 Pages: 232 Price: Rs. 450 ISBN: 9780143471677 Clever boys love ignorant girls just as history loves the voiceless Hearing this verse the fictional characters clap their hands and dive back into…
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Call For Submissions : Issue # 11
How does one think about power? Is it brute force, a state’s will to unleash destruction or is it more ordinary, running through and around us daily, without us even realising its presence, invisible and web-like?
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With Bhaswati Ghosh
Parcham is proud to host a workshop on Crafting and Compiling a Fiction Manuscript titled From Foundation to Finish: Creating Compelling Fiction Manuscripts curated by Poet, Author and Translator Bhaswati Ghosh. The Two Day workshop will take place over Gmeet/ Zoom on the 17th of April ( Friday 7:30 P.M-8:30 P.M) and on 19th April…
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