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Padharo Mhare Des

  Vol 2 Issue 1 | April-June 2022 Padharo Mhare Des Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Lokesh Khodke   Every year, the village of Khichan near Jodhpur in Rajasthan hosts flocks of ‘kurjaa’, grey-and-black demoiselle cranes (named thus by Marie Antoinette) flying in from the vastness of Eurasia, seeking solace in the temperate […]

The Beholder’s Eye

  Vol 1 Issue 4 | January-March 2022 The Beholder’s Eye Story by Anirudh Singh | Art by Kavita Singh Kale   This piece of speculative fiction explores the borders of science and spirituality, playing cleverly on a much-overused saying about the nature of beauty. The short story by Anirudh Singh has been interpreted in […]

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The Cave Painters

  Vol 1 Issue 4 | January-March 2022 The Cave Painters Story by Mohd Salman | Art by Archana Sreenivasan   The Mystery of Cave Paintings Prehistoric cave paintings are among the most fascinating relics left behind by our ancestors. They belong to a time when the human struggle for survival was far more intense. […]

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Tattoo

  Vol 1 Issue 4 | January-March 2022 Tattoo Story by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar | Art by Partha Banik   How is a tattoo made? A tattoo is a permanent design made on the skin by inserting ink into the dermis layer using needles. This is usually a painful process – getting a tattoo essentially […]

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The Tyranny of Beauty

  Vol 1 Issue 4 | January-March 2022 The Tyranny of Beauty Text and art by Priyanka Paul   Social media and body image Studies show that the constant exposure to thin, fit and “idealised” body types and features on social media tends to negatively affect body image, particularly in young women, who tend to […]

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Sitara Devi

  Vol 1 Issue 4 | January-March 2022 Sitara Devi Story by Rupleena Bose | Art by Nayna Yadav   Mind the gap! In 2015, the Live Mint conducted a study of 925 Bollywood films, released between 1990 and 2015, starring the 20 top male actors in the industry. The results of the analysis revealed […]