Boris R-Thebia

Sep 16, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |Vaishna Roy |Boris R-Thebia

Sumba, located in Indonesia’s severely climate-sensitive regions and considered an ecological forefront for desertification, is a fragile ecosystem whose heart beats to the rhythm of three things: the availability of water for crops, animals, and people; the millennia-old textile-making tradition; and the ancient Marapu belief. The island’s textiles mirror its arid climate and are an extension and symbol of its well-being.

Sep 15, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Varsha Tiwary |Satish Deshpande |Boris R-Thebia |Amey Tirodkar

Akhil Katyal’s poetry transports you to a multilingual heaven where English plays footsie with Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi. Now that this professor of English has shifted from Ambedkar University, Delhi, to BITS Law School, Mumbai, his poems are shot through with the sounds of the dozen tongues he hears on the local train and overlaid with Marathi and Bambaiyya. Whether set in Delhi or Mumbai, Katyal’s poems recognise you, make you glad, and sometimes weigh you down.