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by Shraboni Saha · Published 10 February 2026
New Delhi, 8 February 2026:Commemorating 75 years of the Indian Constitution, a one-day national symposium titled “कला अभिव्यक्ति : स्वतंत्रता एवं मर्यादाएँ” was jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sanskar Bharati and the...
Reading at IHCFrom my new bookThe poem ‘Kilmoras and Hisalus’,About my childhood In Fernlodge Barlowgunj,And the denizens Of that village. By Rachna Joshi Kilmoras and Hisalus Eating kilmoras and hisalus On the way to...
As the rays of your beam Transcend through our sheets The creases collapsing with time One after the other,He, after himafter you The blinding intoxicating powerA touch, innocent, eternal A smile, banished, surrendered Will...
Folk / Performing Arts / Poetry / Theatre
by Manohar Khushalani · Published 10 January 2024 · Last modified 12 January 2024
A review by Manohar Khushalani for IIC DIARY Daklakatha Devikavya is an open ended play performed in an engaginglyinformal folk style, evolved from the epic poetry and stories of K.B. Siddaiah’s .It was Directed...
The turbulent times between the years spanning from 2008 to 2014 is presented on the canvas. The relations between the two countries were totally raptured in this era. The entire plethora of Indian nationals and foreigners had gone berserk. I had to study it in detail and follow it consistently.
Who saves us? What protects us? Or are we just living our lives with the illusion of being protected. Of being saved. Hurt is the chalice of nothingness, writhing through the voiceless screams. The...
Take the first step,Become your own bestie,Your online friend, begins and ends with You in the main role, not a cameo,in the online film forwards of others.I spied a homely grey haired hag,You guessed...
I keep you as a poem in the core of my existence I sing all day You my song You often shine as the evening star in my lonesome dreams You hold my hand When...
Siesta at Charles De Gaulle Airport ! Down The Memory Lane….. ( my flight was delayed ) No hurried spaces, to foot fall I sat; Raising my hopes, for the next flight On Time…”Qui...
The Poetry Page Laxmi Shanker Bajpai Those People Those were the people who with tiny boxes filled with fine sugar would go in search of anthills They would scatter seeds on terraces for birds...
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