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Elusive Life – Poetry from Assam, India

Let me feel the enchanting melodies of whispering breeze That blows rhythmically leaving behind the scars of vicious life… Shakil Ahmed, a renowned poet from Assam state of India, shares his poetry Shakil Ahmed was born on 31st January 1969 at Badarpur, Assam, India. Since his boyhood days he has been engaged with social

Book Review: Making the Woman – Discourses of Gender in 18th-19th Century India

The book ‘Making the Woman’ analyses emotions, attitudes, cultural practices, rituals, social norms, entertainment, and alternative sexualities in early modern India Comprising four illustrative parts, this anthology analyses emotions, attitudes, cultural practices, rituals, social norms, entertainment, and alternative

The Invisible Cord – Poetry from Bangladesh

With worn out eyes she sits in the balcony, Trembling with pain she groans. Staring towards the horizon far away, She yearns for her long lost days. Tasneem Hossain, a renowned multi-lingual poet from Bangladesh, shares her poetry Tasneem Hossain, majoring in English Language and Literature is a multi-lingual poet from

Say no to racism and fight – Poetry from Pakistan

Safeguard sacred human rights in justice’s sovereign reign, Condemn corrosive hate, in its shadowy domain, Celebrate cultural complexity in the mosaic’s kaleidoscopic rain, To enhance cultural complexity in the community’s chain. Dr. Sajid Hussain, a renowned poet from Rawalpindi, Punjab province of Pakistan

The Stone City – Poetry from Albania

Where the feet tread, Memories come down, Cobblestone alleys. Nurie Baduni, a poetess from Albania, a beautiful country known for high mountains, rivers and lakes, shares her poetry Nurie Baduni, born in Saranda, Albania, graduated from the University of Gjirokastër, majoring in Education with a specialization in