Essays

GlobetrotterMay 12, 2013

A Letter From Dhaka

By Jacob Silkstone

by Jacob Silkstone

Globetrotter, Roving EyeApril 3, 2013

Down (not out) in Culinary Paris

By Natalie Tsang

Natalie Tsang on the culinary delights (and disappointments) of Paris.

Commentary, EssaysMarch 13, 2013

Equating Science With Religion

By Kamran Soomro

Contributing writer Kamran Soomro writes about the evolving relationship between logic and faith.

Arts & Culture, Commentary, Essays, Special FeaturesFebruary 19, 2013

“Benevolent words abound in accounts of Hay Festival Dhaka â€“ beauty, interaction, generosityâ€¦ yet the festival also witnessed to great effect a less congenial aspect of poetic spirit, namely poetsâ€™ love of a good scrap!”
Eurig Salisbury reports from the Hay Festival in Dhaka.

Commentary, EssaysDecember 12, 2012

Battling Against the Differences: Women in Nepal

By Pratikshya Dahal

“In Nepal, social differentiation between men and women has always been an issue,” writes Pratikshya Dahal

Articles, EssaysNovember 21, 2012

Gatsby Through The Ages

By Sana Hussain

Sana Hussain writes about the evolution of The Great Gatsby in cinema, ahead of the Baz Luhrmann release later this year.

Articles, EssaysNovember 15, 2012

The Politics of Aesthetics: Steampunk

By Aaron Grierson

On the evolution of steampunk by Aaron Grierson

Commentary, EssaysNovember 8, 2012

The Religion Of Mediocrity

By Priyanka Uchil

“In the subcontinent, everything is hereditary” writes Priyanka Uchil.

Commentary, EssaysNovember 1, 2012

With No Homeroom Teacher

By Valery Petrovskiy

Creative non-fiction by Valery Petrovskiy

Commentary, EssaysAugust 27, 2012

In Pursuit of Words

By Wajiha Hyder

(Unsuccessfully) Evading writers’ block by Wajiha Hyder

In the Magazine

A Word from the Editor

Don’t cry like a girl. Be a (wo)man.

Why holding up the women in our lives can help build a nation, in place of tearing it down.

Literature

This House is an African House

"This house is an African house./ This your body is an African womanâ€™s body..." By Kadija Sesay.

Literature

Shoots

"Sapling legs bend smoothly, power foot in place,/ her back, parallel to solid ground,/ makes her torso a table of support..." By Kadija Sesay.

Literature

A Dry Season Doctor in West Africa

"She presses her toes together. I will never marry, she says. Jamais dans cette vie! Where can I find a man like you?" By...

In the Issue

Property of a Sorceress

"She died under mango trees, under kola nut/ and avocado trees, her nose pressed to their roots,/ her hands buried in dead leaves, her...

Literature

What Took Us to War

"What took us to war has again begun,/ and what took us to war/ has opened its wide mouth/ again to confuse us." By...

Literature

Sometimes, I Close My Eyes

"sometimes, this is the way of the world,/ the simple, ordinary world, where things are/ sometimes too ordinary to matter. Sometimes,/ I close my...

Literature

Quarter to War

"The footfalls fading from the streets/ The trees departing from the avenues/ The sweat evaporating from the skin..." By Jumoke Verissimo.

Literature

Transgendered

"Lagos is a chronicle of liquid geographies/ Swimming on every tongue..." By Jumoke Verissimo.

Fiction

Sketches of my Mother

"The mother of my memories was elegant. She would not step out of the house without her trademark red lipstick and perfect hair. She...

Fiction

The Way of Meat

"Every dayâ€”any dayâ€”any one of us could be picked out for any reason, and we would be... Weâ€™d part like hair, pushing into the...

Fiction

Between Two Worlds

"Ursula spotted the three black students immediately. Everyone did. They could not be missed because they kept to themselves and apart from the rest...."...

Essays

Talking Gender

"In fact it is often through the uninformed use of such words that language becomes a tool in perpetuating sexism and violence against women...

Essays

Unmasking Female Circumcision

"Though the origins of the practice are unknown, many medical historians believe that FGM dates back to at least 2,000 years." Gimel Samera looks...

Essays

Not Just A Phase

"...in the workplace, a person can practically be forced out of their job by discrimination, taking numerous days off for fear of their physical...

Essays

The Birth of Bigotry

"The psychology of prejudice demands that we are each our own moral police". Maria Amir on the roots of bigotry and intolerance.

Fiction

The Score

"The person on the floor was unmistakeably dead. It looked like a woman; she couldnâ€™t be sure yet..." By Hawa Jande Golakai.