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Creating Home-Grown Gods: Angelo Da Fonseca’s Cross-Cultural Paintings

The Tragedy of Rural Indian Life: Kamala Markandeya’s Novel, Nectar in a Sieve

Poet Whom Nobody Discovered: Srinivas Rayaprol’s Poems on Ordinary Life

Groping Through a Giant Haystack: Dom Moraes’ Musings on Writing about People

The Entirety of Human Experience in Brisk, Wakeful Lines: Agyeya’s Poetry

The Indomitable Power of Love: Sobha Singh’s Rendition of Sohni Mahiwal

A Moment of Sublime Beauty: S L Haldankar’s Painting, Glow of Hope

Loss and Coping : Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poem, Jo Beet Gayi So Baat Gayi

A Promise of Undying Love: Amrita Pritam’s Poem, Main Tenu Fer Milangi

Dhoti in one Hand, Lotah in the Other: Okhil Chandra Sen’s letter to the Indian Railways

Women’s Position in Post-Colonial India: Mahashweta Devi’s Story, Breast-Giver

Mythology and Folk Romance: Himal-Nagrai and the Nagas of Kashmir

The Namelessness of Childhood: AK Ramanujan’s Love Poem for his Wife

Humour and Defiance: Ismat Chughtai’s Essay, "The Lihaf Trial"

Intersecting Politics with Poetry: Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Poem, Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat

'The Indian Rembrandt': Pestonji Bomanji's Art

Surrendering to the Divine: Wahab Khar’s Poems

A Layered Kinship: Premchand’s story, “Bade Bhai Sahab”

Of Life and Death: Anna Molka Ahmed’s Paintings

Reading Partition Poetry

Form and Feeling: S. N. Chemkur’s Book, Art and Beauty

The Language of Bengal and the Liberation War: Sufia Kamal’s Poems

The Perils of Love: Kunwar Narain’s Poem, “A Strange Problem

Gishaoun Ke Geet: Meeraji’s Translation of Songs of the Geishas

The Ultimate Expression: Muktibodh’s Poem, "Andhere Mein"

The Delicate Beauty of the Ordinary: Sughra Rababi's Paintings

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