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Poem by Illahi
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Poem by Illahi
Pride anthem, composed and rendered by Chennai-based Abishek Chandrasekar in the rAga bEhAg.
She deserves more than a life in disguise,
More than a loveless bed and a man of lies.
When we’re in the state of love, we attract love. To attract love, we must become love.
“Set against the backdrop of an early 2000s radio show in a Mumbai apartment, teenager Ashwin grapples with a knot in his stomach. He seeks healing amidst Bollywood music, the soothing voice of a radio jockey, and a crushed neem face pack.”
Support Group Meeting: a poem by A. Maya, with art by Param.
Poetry by Abigail Silversmith Irfan
For Us, a poem from Visveshwar’s debut collection ‘Boy From the Poems’ (Dec 2023: Notion Press).
The database collects my name / But cannot understand it / Yet the database decides / Where I will go in this life