Sunday Poem: The Red Bindi On The Hotel Mirror by Manisha Mishra March 23, 2025 Desolate nights, the empty mind Staring into the shiny mirror She stuck her red bindi To wash off her Remaining... Read moreDetails
Sunday Poem: My Crescent-Shaped Lover by Manisha Mishra December 18, 2022 My crescent-shaped lover Appeared breath-taking Playing hide and seek With my senses and my mind The date was promising. Following... Read moreDetails
Sunday Poem: Waiting For The Groom by Manisha Mishra August 28, 2022 When the Mehendi grew dark In the wee hours of the morning She woke up to the smell of it... Read moreDetails
Sunday Poem: Morning Is Night by Manisha Mishra July 25, 2022 If only the night was morning And the morning was night Would silence exchange Its exasperating breath With the constant... Read moreDetails
Sunday Poem: Glowworm by Manisha Mishra December 19, 2021 Glowworms flash In the remote spider webs Gathering an unknown emotion Waiting to be acknowledged. Quivering across the lanes They... Read moreDetails
Characters & Colours: Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man Santiago And COVID-19 by Manisha Mishra July 21, 2021 Ernest Hemingway, while sending his manuscript of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ to his Editor Wallace Meyer, wrote a... Read moreDetails
Characters & Colours: Laxmikanta Mahapatra’s Old Bangle Seller Resonates Tagore’s Kabuliwala by Manisha Mishra June 13, 2021 A whiff of monsoon, greenery everywhere, the aroma of wet mud in Odisha and the womenfolk here are eager to... Read moreDetails
Characters & Colours: Bijaya Prasad Mahapatra’s Old Granny And Her Death Wish by Manisha Mishra June 6, 2021 The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is creating waves of despair all over India. Amid ripples of gloom in Odisha... Read moreDetails
Characters & Colours: Thomas Hardy’s Joana Exemplifies ‘Character Is Destiny’ by Manisha Mishra May 30, 2021 Often considered as a ‘Victorian realist’, Thomas Hardy is one of the most influential writers of the Victorian Age. Hardy... Read moreDetails
Characters & Colours: Sachi Rautray’s Witness Jintan Sahu & Theory Of Karma by Manisha Mishra May 16, 2021 Born on May 13, 1916, prolific writer Sachidananda Rautray, popularly known as Sachi Rautray, came to the limelight mostly after... Read moreDetails