Author name: Ria Gupta

Writer based out of Delhi, India.

Let’s Go for Coffee

Guest Post by Cathalynn Labonté-Smith : Let’s go for coffee. Many of you are probably aching to say or hear that phrase right now, depending upon where your location is at in the lockdown scale. A phrase that was once taken for granted, but is now a rare treat or a much anticipated sign of normalcy returning.

Let’s Go for Coffee Read More »

book review short story lihaaf ismat chughtai

The Dynamic Folds of Lihaaf

Narrated by Chughtai from a child’s perspective, the story is purely suggestive yet deeply meaningful. The candid testimony is sparked by her trademark witty descriptions, lending the story an essence of acknowledgement curtained by innocent language.
Through the incidents that take place in Begum Jaan’s house, Chughtai breathes life into the much known but far less understood concepts of sexuality and lesbianism.

The Dynamic Folds of Lihaaf Read More »