To a Hummingbird by Su George Between me and the world You are like an extraterrestrial visitor With a straw-like beak so light and so sharp With wings so swift, so translucent And so pleasantly […]
Matriarchy Writ Large on an Ancient Indus Seal
I found their images engraved on a tiny seal Facing a deity, they stood in a row Did they ever live in the ‘Mound of the Dead’? We do not know. Perhaps, a dream of […]
Narrative Writing in an Academic World-Worth Exploring
Between 21-25 July I was invited to be a guest speaker and participant in a 5-day writing retreat organized by The Women’s Narratives, a story-sharing and Writing Retreat, held on the shores of the scenic […]
Discovering Pearl in Ithaca’s Literary Treasure
In the mid-1960 one of the most publicized Indian movies was Dev Anand’s ‘Guide’. It was a colored movie that stood out in the black and white era of the Bombay films; its story was […]