Samantha Rajaram’s debut novel The Company Daughters transports readers to the Dutch Renaissance with the rise in its national power as a seafaring nation, the growth of a new urban bourgeoisie with its patronage for visual arts like portraiture, new styles of urban...
I’ve begun applying hot coconut oil on my hair again every Saturday. I search for the little footprints I left back in the streets of India playing football. I seek that warm sun and humidity in Hyderabad on Saturday evenings. I’ve begun reminiscing about the pink and...
Legends of Quintessence – a column that interacts with Science Fiction in a South Asian context. The year 2020 has been a very strange one. This year has made me reflect on things I hold dear in my heart. The first critical reflection was on people – family,...
This story is published every two weeks as part of the column – Legends of Quintessence – which interacts with Sci-Fi in a South Asian context. Recap: In the last chapter, Sneha’s truth is revealed to the others in the shelter. She also discovers that she has evolved...
This story is published once a month as part of the column – Legends of Quintessence – which interacts with Sci-Fi in a South Asian context. Recap In the last chapter, Sneha was disappointed when she learned that she would not travel to the positron cloud. Instead,...
