A Unique Collaboration of Poetry and Art by Shahid Abbas and Rose Abordo O'Hara A Vision of an Angel in the Mirror Poem by Shahid Abbas Artwork by Rose Abordo O'Hara She sits inside a red wound of silk, stitched to the silence like a rose nailed to midnight. The mirror does not reflect. It remembers. A second woman breathes beneath the glass all pulse, all phantom, all unfinished thunder. Her black hair falls like burned prayers through the ribs of the dark. And those eyes two feral lanterns...

A Dream Journey to New Zealand Dr. Prasanta Chakraborty A journey to New Zealand had been a cherished dream of mine for many years. When I was finally able to arrange the necessary funds, I booked the tour through Veena World. Although some difficulties arose after our travel coordinator was transferred, the Mumbai office resolved them promptly, and our long-awaited journey began. On 9 May, we travelled to Kolkata, flew to Mumbai the following day, and then continued via Kuala Lumpur to...

DEVABRAT MAHANTA: THE TEACHER WITH A GLOBAL CANVAS From Assam’s classrooms to Cairo’s galleries, one painter’s journey of color, conscience and community “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way.” — Georgia O’Keeffe Though a college teacher, Devabrat Mahanta from Assam has never let academics limit his imagination. For him, the classroom teaches minds but the canvas speaks to the soul. Rooted in the cultural soil of Assam, Mahanta’s art explores...