Monthly Archives: October, 2011

Book-Reviews

A Mysterious ‘Crash landings’ by Rajesh Chithira – Sandhya S.N

Won Indian Ruminations Literary Award - Malayalam Poetry 2011 'Poems are born unknowingly in a mysterious moment' is the quote on his writings by the...

IR - October 16, 2011

Fiction

If Only – Luu Trong Tuan, Vietnam

The corridor of the charity center for infectious diseases waited for my steps every Saturday afternoon. The door of Dr. Hoai’s office, however, did...

IR - October 11, 2011

Fiction

Unraveling ‘Those Almond eyes’, Maitreyee Chowdhury, Karnataka

She liked weeding the garden, dissecting art and playing music, especially the raag Behag, which floated around her at night along with the waft...

IR - October 11, 2011

Articles

On writing – Kavya Rawat, Nepal

It is tedious, this writing –this filling of paper with blank, empty words-night after night, week after- and at times, even longer. It’s the...

IR - October 4, 2011

Poetry

The Little Boys – Sandhya S.N, Kerala

I am in that plain Sooty with red stain Cloying smell of corpse and blood The Suffocating smell The smell of burning flesh Where am I transported to? From the...

IR - October 4, 2011

Poetry

Merry Leaves – Sumi Mathai, Kerala

I should rather put down in Pretty, profound, impressive words About what the wind does to me When I stand against it Than letting myself become The dry, withered,...

IR - October 4, 2011

Book-Reviews

21 Lines Fusion Sonnets of 21st Century by Sonnet Mondal – A Review by Patricia Prime, New Zealand

The sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines (give or take a couple), usually rhymed, usually written in iambic pentameter; a song usurped by...

IR - October 3, 2011

Poetry

In Captivity – B. Indira, Andhra Pradesh

B. Indira, a Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of Andhra Univ College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam is a published...

IR - October 3, 2011

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