Manisha Mishra

Sunday Poem: My Crescent-Shaped Lover

My crescent-shaped lover Appeared breath-taking Playing hide and seek With my senses and my mind The date was promising. Following…

December 18, 2022

Sunday Poem: Waiting For The Groom

When the Mehendi grew dark In the wee hours of the morning She woke up to the smell of it…

August 28, 2022

Sunday Poem: Morning Is Night

If only the night was morning And the morning was night Would silence exchange Its exasperating breath With the constant…

July 24, 2022

Sunday Poem: Glowworm

Glowworms flash In the remote spider webs Gathering an unknown emotion Waiting to be acknowledged. Quivering across the lanes They…

December 19, 2021

Characters & Colours: Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man Santiago And COVID-19

Ernest Hemingway, while sending his manuscript of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ to his Editor Wallace Meyer, wrote a…

July 21, 2021

Characters & Colours: Laxmikanta Mahapatra’s Old Bangle Seller Resonates Tagore’s Kabuliwala

A whiff of monsoon, greenery everywhere, the aroma of wet mud in Odisha and the womenfolk here are eager to…

June 13, 2021

Characters & Colours: Bijaya Prasad Mahapatra’s Old Granny And Her Death Wish

The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is creating waves of despair all over India. Amid ripples of gloom in Odisha…

June 6, 2021

Characters & Colours: Thomas Hardy’s Joana Exemplifies ‘Character Is Destiny’

Often considered as a ‘Victorian realist’, Thomas Hardy is one of the most influential writers of the Victorian Age. Hardy…

May 30, 2021

Characters & Colours: Sachi Rautray’s Witness Jintan Sahu & Theory Of Karma

Born on May 13, 1916, prolific writer Sachidananda Rautray, popularly known as Sachi Rautray, came to the limelight mostly after…

May 16, 2021

Characters & Colours: Betty Mahmoody, Remembering A Mother With Indomitable Courage

Actress Gilda Susan Radner calls motherhood “an act of infinite optimism”. On this International Mother’s Day, Radner’s saying conjures up…

May 9, 2021