Fiction and Poetry

New Girl

Anusha attempts to write a short story, but it will not be entered in our contest.

4 years ago

Lakshmi Talkies and Whistling Samosas

Ramchander gives us a taste of Isai’s poems that observe life through the lens of Tamil cinema.

4 years ago

Poems from São Paulo

Rafaella shares with us a couple of poems from her collection Prelúdio in Blue.

5 years ago

Cries and Whispers

Pranav Kumar writes a poem inspired by Bergman’s Cries and Whispers.

5 years ago

Aquaphobia

A flash fiction piece by Swetha Senthilkumar, that takes off from the movie The Railway Man.

5 years ago

The Eyes of the Beholder

Vaishnavi's short story is about an Amitabh Bachchan fan who has a terrible secret.

5 years ago

The World Belongs to No One

Elancharan Gunasekaran writes a haiku sequence inspired by the film Lords of Chaos.

6 years ago

Rom-com

A short story by Sithuraj Ponraj, in which he gently satirizes an obsession with K-pop, while riffing on romcom and…

6 years ago

Nargis on your Wall

A short story by Sithuraj Ponraj, featuring the beloved Nargis Dutt, one of the doyens of Hindi cinema.

7 years ago

十五岁的识时务 — 看陈子谦15

Tan Chee Lay writes a poem in Chinese inspired by Royston Tan's movie 15 (2003).

7 years ago

Poet in Translation: Tan Chee Lay

Tan Chee Lay and Tan Inn Shin transcreate a Chinese poem inspired by Royston Tan's coming-of-age movie 15 (2003).

7 years ago

Both Sides Now

Ravi Kiran writes a short story that takes off from where Arrival (2016) left us, and explores Louise's feelings in…

7 years ago

Love and intimacy: On screen and in poetry

Cyril Wong's exquisite poetry is inspired by the films he's watched and loved.

7 years ago

Poet in Translation: Kong Long Mao

Chow Teck Seng translates to English Kong Long Mao's Chinese language poem, inspired by the film Vive L'Amour (1994).

7 years ago

空·龙猫◎新浪潮电影式的诗

Kong Long Mao writes a poem in Chinese, inspired by the film Vive L'Amour (1994).

7 years ago

Poet in Translation: Gu Xing Xi

Chow Teck Seng translates to English Gu Xing Xi's Chinese language poem, inspired by the film Farewell My Concubine (1993).

7 years ago

孤星子◎霸王别

Gu Xing Xi writes a poem in Chinese, inspired by the film Farewell My Concubine (1993).

7 years ago