What happens when life comes to a standstill and everything that constitutes one’s life and routine—work, going out and meeting with friends, groceries and concerts—seems like a distant dream? And on top of that, when the whole world is facing a common challenge of staying inside, staying safe, yet dealing with crises—both of loved ones as well as of themselves, and trying to not fall ill?

Witnesses to a Singular Moment in History: Correspondence in Verse
Jonaki Ray
A DIFFERENT DISTANCE: A RENGA by By Marilyn Hacker and Karthika Naïr Context, an imprint of Westland Books, 2025, 123 pp., INR 499.00
August 2025, volume 49, No 8
