Can an Exhibition Memorialize the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent?
Arundhati Kalyan reviews ‘Proposals for a Memorial to Partition’ at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre, probing the question of whether art, curation, and current conceptions of memorialization can do justice to a tragic historical event of this scale
(st)ars poetica
An experimental ars poetica in conversation with Teju Cole’s novel, by Vamika Sinha.
absence of the latina intellectual: some abstract theory for your ass
New in milk & vodka, a searing poem about agency, sexuality and discrimination of women, by Kim Morales.
The Islander
A short story set in downtown Abu Dhabi, about a lonely figure who lives with a local tailor.
The Morning After
Zoe Jane Patterson lays out the aftermath of a hookup.
Strayed: A Sonnet
Wild women, wolves and love collide in Zoe Patterson's new sonnet.
powerful woman
“and what is a line but divide but a border but fate but a worry” – Vamika Sinha explores her postcolonial identity trapped between two sides of the equator, and reclaiming power over her sense of belonging as a woman.
White Girl
New in milk & vodka — reclaiming what it means to exist as and be called a “white girl.”