Tag: Poetry
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Poetry : December 2025 Issue
In placing ourselves — humans — front and centre of everything, we’ve turned into Frankensteins condemned to self-destruct. The scales of justice haven’t merely tipped off balance; they’re on the edge, about to crumble under the unbearable weight of obese human greed.
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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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“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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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 We invite previously unpublished Poems, original Short Stories (In English), translations of Short Stories, Non-Fiction pieces, Editorials, Photo-Stories and articles on Films and Popular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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“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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