Parbina Rashid
A bowl of khichdi made with urad dal, rice and other ingredients sourced from Bittan Bhai’s shop at Abdullah Hall in Aligarh Muslim University was my first introduction to Rampur
The collection of stories brings to life the immensities of a multi-layered offering, covering societies from Assam’s varied locational space, which do not always find representation in contemporary fiction.
Moushumi Kandali, considered one of the central voices in shaping the genre of modern Assamese short stories today, takes questions from The Wire on her new collection.
Bhasha ka koi mazhab nahi hota” was the line which eminent Urdu scholar, linguist, literary critic and former Chairperson of Sahitya Akademi Gopi Chand Narang would often quote. He established what he believed in with one of his most prominent works, “Urdu Ghazal Aur Hindustani Zehn-o-Ta