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Three creators. Three art forms. Three reasons why Rachnakaar exists. Deep features on the artists shaping the platform this month.
Meera Sen's short stories occupy the liminal space between memory and forgetting. Her latest piece — a portrait of a grandmother and a kitchen that holds more history than words — was submitted for the Yuvashree Samman and caught the attention of three senior jury members who described it as "the most assured debut writing of the year." We speak to Meera about growing up bilingual in Kolkata, and why she writes in Bengali even when her thoughts come in English.
Submit Your WorkFor Aaryaman, every Kathak performance is a page from a diary he doesn't know how to write in words. His Kishore Samman-winning performance — a 12-minute solo piece set to Raag Bhairavi — was called "quietly devastating" by jury member Dr. Savita Rastogi. The footwork is technically impeccable, but what sets Aaryaman apart is the stillness between movements. We went to his guru's akhara in Kolkata to watch him prepare for this year's submission.
Submit Your WorkPriya Sharma writes poetry that belongs to the margins of the city and the centre of the heart. Her poem "वर्षा की पहली बूंद" — submitted at age 16 — was the youngest piece to be shortlisted for the Kishore Samman in the literature category this decade. Her influences include Mahadevi Verma and Ocean Vuong. She writes at night, in a corner of her room in Chandni Chowk, with the street sounds below as her background score. This is her story.
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