PLAGUE AND PREJUDICE

by BIBEK LIMBU (India)

Issue 4.2

August 2022

Hands that once felt too small to lift burdens

are now clenched into fists

POETRY

SEX EDUCATION IN INDIAN HIGH SCHOOLS

by ANTARA KULKARNI (India)

Issue 4.2

August 2022

To this day, most of what we actually know about sex is from Netflix shows, or The Notebook.

OP-ED

MY WORDS ARE NOT MINE ALONE

by AKSHITHA UPADYAYULA (India)

Issue 2.3

December 2020

But if I visit Chinatown and look hard enough, 

I can see the traces of our history left behind.

POETRY

IMMIGRANT GOES BACK

by NEERAJA KUMAR (India)

Issue 3.2

July 2021

Why does the sky appear black from the airplane

even though its sweltering noon on the ground?

POETRY

THE CREED OF CASTE: ENDING CASTEISM THROUGH FEMINISM

by PRAVARTIKA WANKHEDE (India)

Civics in Action

September 2021

Discrimination on the basis of class is illegal. Yet it exists and blooms in this environment of hate. 

OP-ED

JEEPNEY SMOKE

by CHRIS LIM (The Philippines)

Issue 3.2

July 2021

Jeepney Smoke seeps through the iron rail

to keep him bloodshot. He burrows in the neck

POETRY

HIMALAYAS IN JALANDHAR

by NEERAJA KUMAR (India)

Issue 2.2

August 2020

125 miles.

I never imagined they could be so close. 

POETRY

REFUGEE

by AFRAH SHEKH (India)

Issue 1.3

December 2019

the first missile tears through the skin;

skinning the embers of a quenched country

POETRY

BICYCLES AGO

by SAACHI GUPTA (India)

Issue 1.3

December 2019

There’s a moment in kindergarten when I realize that the other grandparents don’t smile.

CREATIVE NONFICTION