These poems urge the readers to see a woman and her unpaid labour beyond the idea of a mother.
Moumita Alam
Editor
A ‘mini tornado’ has destroyed the lives and livelihoods of people in a village in Jalpaiguri, a district in West Bengal.
Indian festivals are occasions to celebrate, but for the women, there is very little joy as most of them end up toiling in their kitchens for hours
Even after so many years of Independence and so many regime changes at the Centre, there is no relief for the farmers in the country. What the farmers desperately need is a minimum support price (MSP).
A personal essay on the memory of the Babri Masjid demolition, the apprehensions of Muslims about the consecration of the Ram temple, and the syncretic ethos of our society that triumphs over all the divisive forces
It's Christmas in the air but with the thick burning smell of the war. Here are three poems by Moumita Alam posing three questions for Santa Claus.
Moumita Alam writes a series of poems for Outlook, dedicated to the children living in war zones.
Moumita Alam writes a poem for Outlook.
In society, choice for women is always an existentially non-existent elusive entity. One hears the phrase but never feels the presence of it.
In this collection of 48 poems by Varavara Rao, there is pain and blood but hope that the readers find in the poem is the only engulfing contagion, writes Moumita Alam.
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