Book Review: Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq
When Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, masterfully translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, clinched the International Booker Prize this year, it wasn’t merely a personal...
Janaki Rangarajan honours Andal in Amuktamalyada
Amuktamalyada is an epic poem in Telugu written by the great Vijayanagar emperor Krishna Deva Raya in the sixteenth century. A great warrior, polyglot...
Zohran Mamdani and the Desi progressive wave
He’s 33. He met his wife on the dating app Hinge. He appears on TikTok videos preaching rent freezes, renewable energy in public schools,...
Metro In Dino: Review
There’s a tender chaos to Anurag Basu’s Metro In Dino, a film that stumbles, dances, and ultimately embraces the imperfect poetry of urban love....
Desi Oon brings Himalayan artisans Kullvi Whims to Australia
At 13, Sapna sat beside her grandparents during Himachal's long winters, watching them loop yarn into warmth. Kullvi Whims
Last month, she travelled abroad for...