Vol 2 Issue 2 | July-Sept 2022 Bone Music Story and art by Anupam Arunachalam   Cultural repression in the USSR Because much of our view of the Communist USSR comes from western sources, largely American, there’s a lot of US propaganda that obscures the real picture of Cold War Soviet Russia. But in […]

Vol 2 Issue 2 | July-Sept 2022 Here I Like The Sounds Poem by Salil Chaturvedi | Art by Haasini Casukhela   Poet Salil Chaturvedi says about this poem of his: “The idea is to introduce the sound-gathering paraphernalia of the ear and how the outside world of sounds is interpreted through the ear, and […]

Vol 2 Issue 2 | July-Sept 2022 Jaane Wale Sipahi Story by Falah Faisal | Art by Mad Paule   This story was based on an episode described in the Safdar Hashmi biography ‘Halla Bol!’ by Sudhanva Deshpande.   Safdar: a man of many talents Safdar Hashmi wore several hats – he was an actor, […]

Vol 2 Issue 2 | July-Sept 2022 Lockdown Fugue Story by Nandita Basu | Art by Anjora Noronha   The story of ‘Lockdown Fugue’ is set during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, when a strict, nationwide lockdown brought a nation of 1.38 billion people to a standstill. In a bid to contain the […]

Vol 2 Issue 2 | July-Sept 2022 New Wave Story by Jay Kshirsagar | Art by Annada Menon   This story is a fantastical imagining that involves cats, music, superstrings and the rejuvenation of our damaged earth. The harmony of spheres A single note contains infinite harmony in the form of overtones. Each note naturally […]

Vol 2 Issue 2 | July-Sept 2022 The Legend of Tau Moe Story by Naresh Fernandes and Annie Sen Gupta | Art by Avik Kumar Maitra   Music in Hawaiian culture To quote from the GoHawaii Website linked out below: “The roots of Hawaiian music go back a thousand years and you can still hear […]

  Vol 2 Issue 1 | April-June 2022 Suffernama Story and art by Suhail Naqshbandi   Kashmir: a brief history Over the centuries, Kashmir has been ruled by several dynasties and kings – from Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire to the Mughals to Ahmad Shah Durrani of the Durrani Empire and later, Ranjit Singh of […]

  Vol 2 Issue 1 | April-June 2022 Into the Woods Story by C.G. Salamander | Art by Rajiv Eipe   Russian Forest Rangers Russian forest rangers like Anya are tasked with protecting forests, national parks, and local parklands. Living a basic life often in the remotest, coldest parts of the country, they are constantly […]

  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. […]