Bemisal Bihar
Stories
The home page keeps them short. These are the longer pieces.
The evening road
She has a stick. He walks half a step with her. The relationship is the point, and so is a street a woman can cross without fear.
A place you can name
Bodh Gaya in a kulhad, Rajgir on a torn ticket, Mithila, Chhath, and the names a child growing up away should still be able to point at.
The register
Magahi paan, Mithila makhana, Jardalu, Katarni rice, Silao khaja, Shahi litchi, Sujini, Khatwa, and Bawanbuti, with the tag year our card prints.
Moonj
Moonj is grass, coiled by Tharu hands in the Terai into baskets a house actually uses.
Which word do you love
Bhojpuri is a language, a heritage, and an identity. Which word do you love? That answer belongs to you.
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
On 23 September we return to Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, and to one line: याचना नहीं, अब रण होगा।
When the water is still in the house
When the rivers rise we print the map. Ganga and Kosi above the danger line. The water leaves. Standing with people does not.