Cover and uncover the soul

Gopal Lahiri reviews Mihir Chitre’s collection of poems, School of Age.

“You are present in our lives, in our kitchens”: Five ghazals by Elizabeth Marshall

“Take our temptations of doubts and jealousies, burn them. / At the altar of sacrifice, let believers just believe, Elaha”

Not so pretty, after all

Raghvi Arora reviews Garry Marshall’s film ‘Pretty Woman’.

“I wish we could smell each other”: Three poems by Jose Varghese

“Sirens and alarms don’t / stop us from being trapped in each other”

Of stolen books and haunting eyes

Jwala K Sukumaran reviews Brian Percival’s film ‘The Book Thief’.

“The green backdrop is not a forest”: Three poems by Pamela Hobart Carter

“Around her undressed neck / she wears a string.”

Rituals do not add to our credos

Utpal Chakraborty reviews Kiriti Sengupta’s collection of poems, Rituals.

“I pop my eyes out at vegetables”: Three poems by Arihant Verma

“The limbo lies on the bed, / waiting to be nursed”

Who is to blame for war?

Anantha reviews Netflix series Troy: Fall of a City.

“Whose tires have been punctured by my accidents?”: Three poems by Wilda Morris

“I become irrational, / withdrawn and neurotic as the earth.”