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Essays

From glowing reviews to zany histories

Inkblots

“Undifferentiated Brown Stuff”: Daljit Nagra and Travelling Poetry

Anushmita Mohanty -
In this collection, poetry becomes a way of signalling: we are not alone
Reflections

On The Semantic Wonder of Foul Language

Gaurav Kamath -
"Profanity conveys emotion in a manner that ‘cleaner’ language struggles to—and who wouldn’t want the ability to so powerfully and instantaneously express emotion?"
Inkblots

The Undaunted Poetry of Louise Glück

ALMA Staff -
"Glück’s voice was shaped by bedtime stories narrated to her by her father, a Hungarian immigrant to the USA, who helped invent the X-Acto knife. The influence shows: her writing is as knife-sharp, incisive, and clean as a bone."
Armchair Arbiters

A Bestiary of Ugly Feelings

ALMA Staff -
Rijneveld slips into pettier, liminal emotions, masterfully creating cross-sections of envy, guilt, and boredom in 'The Discomfort of Evening.'
Culture Couch

Live-streaming Lord Ganesha: Of Festivals and Pandemics

ALMA Staff -
Devotees around India adapt to usher in their beloved deity during virus-ridden times.
Culture Couch

We Are One: Film Festivals and Pandemics

Exposition Pictures -
The transformation of film festivals in the shadow of a pandemic
Pages from a Diary

Experiences of London’s Popular Music in the Nineteen-Sixties

David Ward -
A decade of musical vibrancy—from Hendrix’s first London gig to Jagger’s troublesome locks
Inkblots

The Intimate Relationship Between the Private and the Public in Tamil Sangam Poetry

Saranya Subramaniam -
““It seems to me,” she said, “that poetry does two things: it either contracts its surrounding space or expands on it.””
Culture Couch

The Fate of Western Classical Music

Yuvraj Nathani -
From pandemic-borne havoc to systemic problems the industry must overcome
Reflections

Reinhart Koselleck and The History Question

Gaurav Kamath -
The ways we place ourselves in the grand scheme of things
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