Yearly Archives: 2014

Fiction

Words from a Protagonist – Sayantan Datta, Kolkatta

-1- Yeah, I’m really sorry for being so terribly late in engaging in this conversation with you. No, don’t look at me like that; I’ve...

IR - December 21, 2014

Editorial

Literary Festival 2014

It is our great pleasure to inform you that 10th International Writers Festival and Indian Ruminations Literary Festival 2014, is being organized from 27...

IR - December 21, 2014

Articles

Novel of Self Appraisal: ‘Joker in the Pack: an irreverent view of life at IIMs’ – Dr. Tanushree Choudhary , New Delhi

The book ‘Joker in the Pack’ co-authored by Ritesh Sharma and Neeraj Pahlajani is the story of a young man enrolled at one of...

IR - December 21, 2014

Articles

Being ‘It’ in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire – Susan Lobo, Mumbai

Mahesh Dattani has been heralded as a beacon of hope for modern Indian theatre in English. In view of the solid body of work...

IR - December 21, 2014

Poetry

Mongolian Marks – Samina Hadi-Tabassum

Dark black ganglion circles Spreading out in radial fashion From between their thighs Underneath their armpits Below their eyes In between their behinds Violet patches on the tips of their...

IR - December 21, 2014

Articles

A Study into Bengali Mangal Kavya: Poetry Written for the Welfare of Beings – Kousik Adhikari

David L. Curley in his immensely important book, Poetry and History: Bengali Mangal-Kavya and Social Change in Precolonial Bengal (2008) defined Mangal Kavya as...

IR - December 21, 2014

Poetry

All in impotence – Pitambar Behera, New Delhi

All in impotence... engraved under intolerance, highbrows go announcing with laxity of patience. Any deed of mishap pertains to religion, how to avert the imposed destination and restriction? All in impotence... The young...

IR - December 21, 2014

Poetry