Hidden in Plain Sight: Writing Women into History Event Date: 17 January 2026 Event Time: 8 p.m. IST/ 6.30 a.m. PTEvent Address: ZoomContact us at aclisa.contact@gmail.com Registration https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWgtccpmEwPUKdJ1Xfo1DyIRKFlO6UPhWtMzuXrB3Hv_CIsg/viewform About the Author Dr. Devika Rangachari is an award-winning Indian writer whose Queen of Ice was on the White Raven list, won the Neev Young Adult Book Award, was … Continue reading Author Talks: Dr. Devika Rangachari
Book Review: Malayalam Balasahitya Charitram by K. Sreekumar
by Sreejith Murali Sreekumar, K (2021), Malayalam Balasahitya Charitram [Trans: History of Malayalam Children’s Literature] (2 Volumes), Kozhikode: Poorna Publications (First Edition), pp. 1312. Fig. 1: The cover page of the two-volume book. This two-volume encyclopaedic collection of the history of children’s literature in Malayalam is an invaluable collection of materials related to the history … Continue reading Book Review: Malayalam Balasahitya Charitram by K. Sreekumar
Not A Review: A Home to Haunt, Sudeshna Shome Ghosh
Ritwika Roy A Home to Haunt, Sudeshna Shome Ghosh, illus. Pankaj Saikia, HarperCollins, 2025. Kolkata, or Calcutta as it was once known, is replete with stories of ghosts and hauntings, many of which stem from the city’s days as the capital of British India. There’s the National Library, where former Governor-General Lord Hastings is rumoured … Continue reading Not A Review: A Home to Haunt, Sudeshna Shome Ghosh
Riots and Children: Warped Childhood
Kamayani Kumar “Riots are an uncanny subversion of normalcy”[1] Riots create an uncanny experience because they involve a collapse of the familiar social structures, and the world feels alienated and hostile. This is especially true in the context of children. Most often, children emerge as the most invisible victims of riots, largely because of their … Continue reading Riots and Children: Warped Childhood
On Scholarship: Kamayani Kumar
Playing hide and seek with Childhood in Kashmir Date: 20th September Time 8.00 p.m. IST/7.30 a.m. PT Venue: Zoom To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefhZoQa5OydpF_YGxQOCNP5PYY9hEQcEGIhZu0iKlPvjtmDA/viewform?usp=dialog Talk Abstract Kashmir is one of the most contentious territories in India. Caught in the imbroglio of insurgency and counterinsurgency, it has become eclipsed by terror, violence, and trauma and has become a … Continue reading On Scholarship: Kamayani Kumar
Horror and Trauma in Contemporary Indian Children’s Literature
Sietse Hagen In 2018, I started my undergraduate studies on English language and culture in the Netherlands, where I am from. I came for linguistics, and I wanted to become a secondary-school teacher, but I ended up falling in love with literary criticism. I quickly encountered postcolonialism and became intrigued with postcolonial literature. In my … Continue reading Horror and Trauma in Contemporary Indian Children’s Literature
Author Talks: Samina Mishra
Crossing Borders, Growing Citizens: Childhood and Nation-building in India Event Date: 22 August 2025 Event Time: 7.30 p.m. IST/ 7.00 a.m. PTEvent Address: ZoomContact us at aclisa.contact@gmail.com About the Speaker Samina Mishra is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and teacher based in New Delhi. Her work uses the lens of childhood, identity and education to reflect the … Continue reading Author Talks: Samina Mishra
Mythic Waters: Rediscovering the Fantasy of Matsya
Divya Choudary “And then what happened?” my mother would prompt.“Matsya outgrew the lake!” we’d reply, our voices filled with joy. My sister and I loved hearing stories, especially the way our mother animated them at bedtime or during those cherished moments under the stars when the power would go out. We grew up with a … Continue reading Mythic Waters: Rediscovering the Fantasy of Matsya
A Trunk Full of Magic: How Indian Comics Shaped My Imagination
Jyoti Kushwaha Weekends today may be a time for leisure, but for someone like me—born in the late seventies and constantly balancing tradition and modernity—Sundays were never about rest. They were about dusting, cleaning, and occasionally stumbling upon forgotten treasures. One such Sunday, while rummaging through the storeroom, I tripped over an old trunk. As … Continue reading A Trunk Full of Magic: How Indian Comics Shaped My Imagination
ACLiSA Speaker Series: Author Talks: Dr. J Devika, “Feminist Struggles and Fairy Tales: Writing Kunhuthee”
Date: 26th April 2025 Time: 8.30 p.m. IST/9.00 a.m. PT Venue: Online Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpYgoZNo0g-uBWP9BaOG4CqpOZz7Uev_tVjRXMck60ZUw4hw/viewform?usp=sharing Talk Abstract In 2021, a shocking case of infant-abduction shook the south-western state of Kerala, India. Baby Aiden, born to an inter-caste couple, was allegedly kidnapped by his maternal grandparents and trafficked to outside the state through the government's child … Continue reading ACLiSA Speaker Series: Author Talks: Dr. J Devika, “Feminist Struggles and Fairy Tales: Writing Kunhuthee”