Snapshots of Patna seen through photographs—people, places and poetry
17 January 2022
Mist dawns in Patna, a city I skipped visiting until an unforeseeable future and is far from the city I belong to and one I am quarantined to by a stroke of luck. It is not even winter, but shivering is held in the photographs I browse and swipe up and down on a social media platform.
Quarantined, I saunter across the bridges to the world outside, built by others using photographs and odd news.
Naseer Ganai / In happy times and sad, Habba Khatun’s sensuous songs make both young and old emotional. With the never-ending conflict bringing tragedies to every doorstep, Habba’s lyrics of separation amplify their mourning.
Haima Deshpande / In India, only those relationships between a man and a woman are considered to be legitimate when there is a marriage between the two.
Jayanta Oinam / Virat Kohli, 33, had recently stepped down as India's T20I captain and was subsequently removed as the ODI captain.
Ashutosh Sharma / A Mahila Congress leader, who is the face of the ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ campaign, however, has accused the party of anti-women bias after she was denied a ticket.
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