I Have Forged My Own Man (from मैंने गढ़ा है अपना पुरुष, राजकमल प्रकाशन, 2022) Resting an elbow on his thigh, I am smoking a cigar. I have hidden my autumn in his hat. All the heroines are jealous of me for how could I forge my own man. I said—he is not a […]
Areeb Ahmad
AREEB AHMAD is a Delhi-based writer, critic and translator. They like to look at the intersections of gender and sexuality across texts. They enjoy exploring how the personal and the political as well as form and content interact in art. Their creative writing and translations have appeared, or are set to appear, in Gulmohur Quarterly, trampset, and The Hooghly Review. Their reviews and essays have been published in Scroll.in, Open, Asymptote, Business Standard, Hindustan Times, Strange Horizons, The Caravan and elsewhere. Areeb is @bankrupt_bookworm on Instagram and @Broke_Bookworm on Twitter/X.
