Book Review: Scammed- Confessions of a Confused Accountant by Anonymous by Maryann Taylor
The book traces the story of Hitesh Shah, a young accountant who is stuck in a dead end job with a pushy boss who makes him feel incompetent and dissuaded. Hitesh’s moment of glory arrives when an impressed client offers him the role of the CEO of a company.
The Lokpal Bill: In An Ideal Frame by Bhakti Sharma
An attempt to frame an ideal lokpal draft that would be an amalgamation of the Govt’s draft and the Jan Lokpal draft.
Play Review: Ok Tata Bye Bye by Deus ex-machina
‘Ok Tata Bye Bye’ sidelines the larger issues related to traditional prostitution with its superficial treatment of the subject.
Movie Review: "Oka" by Richard Marcus
As honest as portrayal as you’ll ever see of the effects of displacement upon a people.
The Night of November 2, 1984 by Vic Nanda
Set against the backdrop of the Hindu-Sikhs riots that broke out in India in the wake of the assassination of the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Previously published in the Cosmic Latte magazine of Bucks County Community College.
The Deadly Date! by Sanyukta Chaudhuri
This is a short story dedicated to the senior citizens suffering from post retirement blues. A space that the younger lot can only talk about and not relate to for obvious reasons, but an effort can always be made to understand their state of mind. This is just an effort to do that…
Towards An Age Of [anti]Terrorism! by Bhakti Sharma
There is an urgent need for the entire world to stand together against terrorism. Its time we take strong steps and stop being skeptical towards one another!
Interview: Author Michael Muhammad Knight by Richard Marcus
I came from a punk rock ethos, and also a certain kind of Muslim ethos, that made it cool to be ignored and alone on the margins.
Book Review: "The Conference Of The Birds" by Peter Sis by Richard Marcus
There are many different paths leading to self awareness, and Sis and Attar prove they don’t have to be devoid of beauty and you can enjoy yourself along the way.
"Drops And Smoke" by Bonisha Bhattacharyya
A visitor’s observations of a rainy day during Kolkata’s monsoon season.
Are We The Young Indians? by Bhakti Sharma
The Indian youth needs to channel it’s energy and give it a correct direction in order to be able to frame India’s better tomorrow.
"Nooh" by Anubha Yadav
“At night I can come out of the cloth rolls to see my house. Our clothes are still there on the wall. Ammi’s small stones on the clothes are gone but even then the clothes don’t fly.
The Hundredth Monkey, A Collective Consciousness by Vani Hegde
This article talks about ‘The Hundredth Monkey’phenomenon,it’s application towards ‘collective consciousness’,to save the indigenous culture in every field including architecture.
"Orange Dreams" by Bonisha Bhattacharyya
The poem “Orange Dreams”, tries to construct a story. A story with its central protagonist being a little girl, and charts her thought processes as she grows up to realise the pain staking process of her own coming into existence.
Book Review: "Why I Am A Five Percenter" by Michael Muhammad Knight by Richard Marcus
Touches on topics as diverse as race and the nature of religion in a blend of scholarship and personal memoir that manages to teach us something about the history of Islam among African Americans and the Five Percenters in particular.
