Tag:Chennai

Poetry

Indian English, Srinivas S, Chennai

True! Some of us do pronounce ‘cough’ as ‘cuff’ (And it strangles our throats a wee bit), While others rhyme ‘god’ with ‘ode’...

IR - December 1, 2019

Poetry

December Mornings -J.George, Chennai

Early with the cock-a-doodle-doo, the broom goes, Swish, swish, swish. Echoes rising in chorus, the integrity of a closed neighborhood, The...

IR - April 5, 2019

Articles

Caste and Tamil Cinema: Now and Then – V. Devaki

Cinema has turned into a vital part of life of Tamils. It has assumed an important element in the life and culture of Tamil...

IR - February 5, 2019

Fiction

Sugar Daddy – Ram Govardhan, Chennai

Ruttie Petit Jinnah’s shrouded body, all of twenty nine, was kept next to the freshly dug up grave. As the last offices began, resonance...

IR - January 25, 2019

Articles

The Barefoot Colonial – Ram Govardhan, Chennai

Naipaul painted his books with words, rendering them unbelievably graphic, affording astonishing clarity. His simple and everyday words acquired unheard eloquence, unseen shades and...

IR - August 30, 2018

Articles

What was their Magic? – Reflections of an English – Karthika J, Chennai

Today’s students are too engrossed in the world of internet and Android phones and do not have the luxury of time which I had...

IR - February 1, 2018

Poetry

Eating Apples – Naran, Chennai

A poverty stricken writer wrote the word ' apple' on a piece of paper and ate a dozen of those everyday. A stone sculptor...

IR - September 11, 2017

Poetry

The Rainy dream – Anjana Krishnakumar, Chennai

Misty the eve was, As you walked into the room, They called you snowy wind, But I called you friend. Misted thy hands were, As you touched my hands, They...

IR - August 11, 2017

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