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Manjiri Indurkar is an independent author with www.sahapedia.org, an open online resource on the arts, cultures and heritage of India. She is a poet-writer from the small central-Indian town of Jabalpur. She is one of the founders and editors of the literary magazine AntiSerious. Her works have appeared in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Himal, Indian Express, The Four Quarters Magazine, Scroll.in, Skin Stories, Motherland Magazine, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Kindle Magazine, and other such places. She was a finalist for the Baltic Residency, Sweden, 2018, and is the winner of the Villa Sarkia Residency, Finland, 2018.
July 08, 2024 18:16 IST
It is true that all our artists, all our idols, are flawed humans. But when the mighty fall, their wreckage destroys so many with them. While I will still read Munro for her craft, I will constantly question her empathy
Wed, Jul 10, 2024May 07, 2024 16:31 IST
This, in the end, isn’t about Prachi Nigam or beauty pageants. It isn’t about inner beauty vs outer beauty. It’s only about how we can’t seem to stop talking about beauty
Tue, May 07, 2024April 27, 2024 07:05 IST
Is it possible to change the face of masculinity? We have to dare to imagine that such a world is possible
Sat, Apr 27, 2024March 27, 2024 08:06 IST
It isn’t social awareness but realisation of power imbalance that leads to depression
Wed, Mar 27, 2024February 16, 2024 12:00 IST
In Mourning, Indurkar explores who's mad — Is the man who has gone silent on the world but perhaps is in conversation with those who matter to him mad or is the one who chooses to continue with the daily chores of life as if nothing has changed, mad?
Thu, Feb 15, 2024August 11, 2022 18:15 IST
The tricky thing about emotional abuse is the easy binary that gets formed in your head. The nuance that a person can be good to others and bad to you is hard to accept
Thu, Aug 11, 2022April 25, 2020 17:30 IST
Take parenting lessons from COVID-19 and give the baby boomers a taste of their medicine: repeat yourself since children don’t listen always
Sun, Apr 26, 2020August 18, 2019 06:30 IST
The past few weeks have been exceptionally hard on me. I had to change my depression medicines and not only has the adjustment period been long, it has been excruciating.
Sun, Aug 18, 2019May 26, 2019 06:30 IST
Lessons on body image and loving yourself from a British comedy show.
Sun, May 26, 2019November 25, 2018 06:00 IST
Why is it that so many people slip away from our lives like sand? It’s time we start talking about mental health.
Sun, Nov 25, 2018April 27, 2018 17:22 IST
We need to remember this: Dalit food isn’t mere sustenance. Dalit food is culture, and it is high time it got its accurate depiction. You can begin your journey of unlearning and learning with this rakti recipe found here.
Fri, Apr 27, 2018April 18, 2018 08:30 IST
On World Heritage Day, April 18, a look at a 15th century 'smart city' through the Champaner-Pavagadh Archeological Park, which boasts of some of India's most stunning temples, mosques and visionary water installations.
Mon, Apr 23, 2018March 11, 2018 00:00 IST
The portrayal of women who drink has undergone a seismic change in Hindi films.
Sun, Mar 11, 2018October 01, 2017 00:43 IST
Reading is a radical, life-altering act. Perhaps, that is why when readers do what they know best, they threaten the higher order.
Sun, Oct 01, 2017August 26, 2017 01:16 IST
The narrators of this novel, twin sisters, who have, much like Dhar, grown up in the Kolkata of the ’80s and the ’90s, and, are exploring spaces within the domestic household for us — spaces that primarily belong to women and women alone.
Sat, Aug 26, 2017April 30, 2017 00:01 IST
Do you know what it feels like to be invisible?
Sun, Apr 30, 2017November 13, 2016 00:00 IST
If Mohammad Rafi indeed cried more than he sang, it was because he understood love. So did the other balladeers of sorrow in Hindi film music.
Sun, Nov 13, 2016