Category: Hear! Hear!
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The Art of Embracing Life Anew
Coming Out Solo is ultimately a book about giving love its due – love that is not of the romantic and marital variety, but the love of friends, siblings, parents and children. This is the love that builds itself in loyalty and solidarity and yet is not ‘eulogized obsessively in poetry and song and film.’…
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Emergent Voices
Parcham Online would look to feature and showcase young authors, poets, artists to give their words and art a place and a home in a special section in the magazine which we have called Parcham Emergent Voices. We are especially looking for contributors below the age of 25, those who are trying to navigate the…
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Book in Focus: Vanished by Ahmed Masoud
Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda is a gripping and emotionally charged novel that blends literary mystery with the harsh realities of life under occupation.
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“I’d like to see literary magazines become more than mere platforms of publishing good literature.”
PrimarilyI would like to see literary magazines become more than mere platforms of publishing good literature. I strongly believe that good literature, good readers and good writers need to be nurtured, and in that literary magazines have a role to play.
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Semeen Ali Reviews Bengali Short Stories in Translation
When you sit down with a collection of short stories, what often takes you by surprise is the depth and intensity that writers can explore through this genre. These narratives lay bare the fragility of the human condition; not confined to a few individuals, but spread across experiences and magnified so that readers can recognise…
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Book Review
As such, this Reader deserves to be read alongside existing translations, not only as a commemoration of Rilke’s 150th anniversary but as an experiment in the ongoing art of poetic translation. It reminds us that Rilke’s poems, endlessly retranslated, continue to demand and reward fresh attempts to catch their elusive music in another tongue.
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Charanbhumi – Echoes from the Grazing Lands
Set during the heydays of the Communist Government in Bengal during the 1970s, it follows the protagonist Munshi as he tries to navigate through a series of personal and political travails. The novel is packed with different characters—each lively and carefully drawn with their own set of eccentricities and problems—moving through interconnected subplots that narrate…
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In Memory of Zubeen Garg
All The Things Music Can Make Happen by Kaushik Hazarika and Anindita Kar At Guwahati’s Sarusajai Stadium, where Zubeen Garg’s body lay in state for two days, we were among lakhs of grieving admirers standing in serpentine queues for hours for a final glimpse of their beloved icon. Poor arrangements, waterlogged grounds, broken railings, rain…
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Mudar Patherya– On Life, Times and the City he Loves
Calcutta is my life purpose. I exist because of Calcutta. I don’t only live inside Kolkata; Kolkata lives inside me. And that is something I hold with a lot of pride.
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“Justice”– December 2025 Issue
The world is standing on its toes at a dangerous precipice today. If we need to tip-toe back from our collective annihilation, some difficult conversations must be had. This could be one of them.
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