Tag: poems
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Of Passions & Provocations
Filmmaker and Writer Devashish Makhija’s New Book Bewilderness is a Homecoming to Poetry
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Emergent Voices: Poetry
Kashmir: A Valley Between Guns by Saniya Naseem In the cradle of mountains, where silence once sang,Now echoes of sorrow and gunfire hang.The chinar trees whisper of blood in the snow,And the rivers run red with the tears that flow.A mother waits by the shattered door,For the son who will never return.A father’s eyes search…
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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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“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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Poetry: July 2025
Wedding : Srilekha Mitra Twenty three broken mirrors Glazed with the hazelnut ice-cream of your wedding Slashed eyeballs rolling down the savannah green floor Fresh milk spilling over the granite kitchen slab Smoke rising from burning cigarettes And a few hopes crying Women wearing pretty white gowns Their cheeks painted in red and golden Grooving,…
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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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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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“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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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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