By Farheen Sahban Perhaps happiness loves grief too muchAnd therefore it retires to make room for grief at the dining tableJust like my mother who …
She/Her
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The Manmarziyaan Magazine celebrated its first birthday in October 2021 in collaboration with Photobombaying and Iris Poetry. This poem is one of the two winning …
The Window and The Soul
The Manmarziyaan Magazine celebrated its first birthday in October 2021 in collaboration with Photobombaying and Iris Poetry. This poem is one of the two winning …
Love was the Human Form of a Hurricane
By Akshita Chaudhuri Content warning: abuse; self-harm (Maa, are you listening?) I wake up in the nights thrashing my limbs around,the blood rushing to my …
A letter to Lahore from Delhi
By Akshita Chaudhuri Lahore, salaam. 74 years have passed by since we last crossed paths and even today when the sun rises, I wonder if …
Beyond the Text: In Conversation with Dr Smita Sahgal
Divisha Mohan and Vandana Likhmania of the Manmarziyaan Magazine had the opportunity to interview Dr Smita Sahgal. Dr Sahgal is a professor at the Department …
A Song for the Fixers
By Devangana Mishra children are at times handed a paintbrush with a palette of colours, except all shades of yellow; they paint broken roads to …
Matching Pearls
By Anukriti Gahlout There’s an ethereal view beyond the end, Only if we dare, And our souls are one, Only if we saw them before …
To See Horizons
By Devangana Mishra summer was my favourite time of the year to be a fugitive and a spy in my own home to be fed …
Entangled: A Reflection on Photographs and Memories
Stored away in one corner of my house is a chestnut drawer full of memories. It contains old and dusty photo albums of varied sizes …