Kajal Magazine

Today is the 31st anniversary of the #BabriMasjidDemolition, a turning point in the rise of the New India. kajalmag.com/babri-masjid-a…

@nishamody oh my gosh how exciting!!!!!

So honored that my essay "Monstress" on @KajalMag was featured along with these other brilliant essayists!

Journalist @mansi_choksi illuminates the dark corners of modern India through a somewhat innocuous subject: marriage, writes @nadya_agrawal. kajalmag.com/arranged-marri…

For ~a year, I've dug into the Hindu right's impact on Bollywood, to find out how the vauntedly liberal industry - directors, platforms, writers, actors - is responding. Nearly 50 interviews later, here's the piece. This is not a pretty picture... [1] newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

bismillah the eyes stand before him as he knives deep into the throat of the bakra an act of adoration kajalmag.com/poem-the-slaug…

Wrapped up in the story of the demoness Hidimba, for writer @nishamody, is the need for love, acceptance, and understanding. kajalmag.com/essay-monstres…

@TejaswineeRC @stephwritescnf @ThirdlaneMag @GulmohurQ @bombaylitmag @Kitaab @thepunchmag @TheChakkar @yuzupress @GhostJapanese @EunoiaReview @TasavvurNama @filtercoffeemag 🤗

@stephwritescnf @ThirdlaneMag, @GulmohurQ, @bombaylitmag, Borderless Journal, @Kitaab, Muse India, @thepunchmag, @TheChakkar, @yuzupress, White Enso (@GhostJapanese), @KajalMag, @EunoiaReview, @TasavvurNama, @filtercoffeemag are some magazines off the top of my head (have work in some).

Which lit mags have a large Asian readership? They don't have to be based in Asia or have Asian editors (though those are a plus!) Hoping to make a 🧵 about this 😁

It's fall. It's raining every day. It's time. kajalmag.com/playlist-sad-g…

Birmingham, England – July 2021: My cousins and I ran Around the house Picking hiding spots. kajalmag.com/poem-hide-and-…

My mamu and chachu on my parents wedding

Let @yullola take you on a trip through a black hole with "Priestess." kajalmag.com/yullola-priest…

Netflix's new romcom offering "Wedding Season" feels hackneyed and robotic, writes @nadya_agrawal. kajalmag.com/netflix-weddin…

"In the absence of any radical amelioration of the Tirukkural’s text, it falls upon the reader to do the work to neutralize misogynistic language." ow.ly/QZhq50Jj4rx

Ashni's new "Who I Dreamed Of" EP is short with only three songs but will haunt you all day. ow.ly/QbF950Jj4hH

"As with much dystopian fiction, what makes certain parts of the book so disconcerting is its closeness to our present-day reality." Read Mrittika Ghosh on @vauhinivara's new novel The Immortal King Rao. ow.ly/PZOb50Jh136

Sarah Burney is back with a new One Piece By, this time in conversation with artist Abdolreza Aminlari. ow.ly/v0JX50Jh0Xb

Ifti Nasim's poetry speaks to the outsiders. kajalmag.com/ifti-nasim-myr…

Pain & grief in the aftermath of a personal loss + inspiration from Hitchcock, Satyajit Ray, my grandparents' flat in Bangalore + a haunting mythos about a two-headed bird = one of the weirdest and funnest stories I've ever written. Thanks @KajalMag for giving it a home 🇮🇳🇺🇸📝❤

"I’d gotten better at leaving first, pride roaring, before falling apart out of sight. Now we’d come full circle. It was time to give myself back to the world." New fiction from @naveen101 about love, leaving, and global crisis. kajalmag.com/short-fiction-…