Once I remember,I had been to a place,Where everything,Seemed strange and still.A big house stood front of me,Where the door was dusty and ancient,The Moon which has flashed its light,Has fallen on the door. I realised it is a Moonlit door,Where the light expanded and covered,I smote on the door,Which rippled the light.I could see … Continue reading The Moonlit Door
Two suicide poets and Children’s Literature
By Shreya Banerjee “Childhood is the geometric place of all nostalgias” -Jean-Claude Brisseau’s On Sunday Afternoon (1966) There are as many variations of childhood, as there are children in the world. A child’s orientation to their particular contexts are inflected upon by various social, political and economic factors. For instance, the boyhood/girlhood of a child … Continue reading Two suicide poets and Children’s Literature