STORIES OF INDIA is a series of story-led conversations from various corners of the world, curating the experiences of being Indian. What is the idea of India? What does it stand for? Which stories of life are reflective of the country and its culture? The objectives of the STORIES OF INDIA series: 1. to understand the past and present of India from the perspectives of various thought leaders and change agents, making a difference in diverse disciplines. 2. to discuss the stories representative …

Abstract: In a year that overwhelmed us with the many lives lost, the promising young actor Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on 14th June, 2020. We delve deep into the Instagram posts of Mr. Rajput in an attempt to understand his cerebral and stirring posts. He contemplated the universe, life and the human condition in several posts, characterized by an economy of words but a striking beauty of expression. We try to unearth his philosophy of life aided by his interviews and other secondary sourc…

Dr. Radhika Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology & Global Sociology at the Leiden University. She received her PhD in sociocultural anthropology from Oxford University in 2011. Her research interests are wide-ranging and include the study of borderlands, politics of security, anthropology of religion (with a focus on Islam), tourism, environmental humanities and critical theory. Her research focuses on South Asia. Radhika has also worked in international development organizat…

TMYS spoke to eight authors who have a Science background and/or have written Science Fiction, trying to understand how they have brilliantly merged the seemingly disparate worlds of Science and Art. Click on the titles to visit their Amazon page and order your copy! Don’t forget to share your feedback with the author/s. RICHA LAKHERA Author of HUNGRY GODS. Richa studied B.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry & Biotechnology and went further to complete her M.Sc. in Chemistry. About the book: Hungry…

“Who am I?” Cries delusional disappointment From the other side of silent silences. “It is I!” replies the forgotten folklore Soaked to its bone with the mythography of Amnesia and madness. “It is I!” cries the fallen leaf Which was born “x” billion years ago In the shared womb of a strange sameness, In the throes of the same tragic groans and moans, Which delivered or vomited the Universe into being Identifying and relinquishing its cosmic responsibilities. “It is I!” cried the Mother, Bu…

On a veranda with intricately carved and Filigreed doors, Dancing lights and swaying shadows: Etched is childhood, at my grand-mom’s in Dehradoon. We children watched as the kathputliwala outside Made the kathputlis (wooden dolls) Swing up and down...up and down... Long shadows of tunics and lehengas twinkling In beauteous delight - kings, queens, peasants, priests, Villagers, horsemen and weavers at work, what a sight! How fabric and its motifs Flow along with time Moving through differ…

Neilesh is Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair of Global and Comparative History at the University of Victoria. His publications include the edited volumes India after World History: Literature, Comparison, and Approaches to Globalization (Leiden, 2022), South Asian Migrations in Global History: Labor, Law, and Wayward Lives (London, 2020), and his monograph Recasting the Region: Language, Culture, and Islam in Colonial Bengal (Delhi, 2014) as well as articles on religion, c…

Easterine Kire is the first published novelist in English from Nagaland. Her renowned works include her book of poetry, Kelhoukevira (1982), and several novels, mentioned in order of publication: A Naga Village Remembered (2003), A Terrible Matriarchy (2007), Mari (2010), Bitter Wormwood (2011) Don't Run, My Love (2017), A Respectable Woman (2019) Walking the Roadless Road: Exploring the Tribes of Nagaland, (2019) The Rain-maiden and the Bear-man (2021), Journey of the Stone (2021) and Spirit Ni…