Indrapramit Das, Author at Mithila Review

Sita’s Descent

by Indrapramit Das | Jun 16, 2018 | Fantasy, Slipstream

Sita fills the sky, a woman clothed with the Sun. I watch as she descends through the atmosphere, bringing the light of day to the night sky to prove to the world her ordeal by fire. Agni-pariksha. I imagine her above the sea of fire, poised to dive. What did she...

Indra Das: Excerpt from The Devourers

by Indrapramit Das | Aug 8, 2016 | Excerpts, Fiction

My part in this story began the winter before winters started getting warmer, on a full-moon night so bright you could see your own shadow on an unlit rooftop. It was under that moon—slightly smudged by December mist clinging to the streets of Kolkata—that I met a man...

Indra Das: “The artist’s job is to provide the seed for an infinite tree of branching meanings, all flowering inside the hive mind of a collective human audience.”

by Indrapramit Das | Apr 1, 2016 | Interviews

Indra Das in conversation with Salik Shah: What do you prefer: Kolkata or Calcutta? I have no preference. They’re ultimately not that different, and I kind of like that the city has two names; one for the past and one for the present. I tend to use Kolkata because...