Dawran Press — Counter-Publishing Poetics
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City of Gardens

A modern reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, it follows a prominent family confronting the forced sale of their ancestral Bangalore estate to aggressive tech developers. Co-authored by Jisha Menon and Abhishek Majumdar, the play is a poignant exploration of loss, class divide, and the destructive pace of modern urbanization.


Primordial Schmooze


In the beginning, there was comparative philology, a framework to rationalise the hierarchies of colonial rule. Written by Saima Dawood, it is an experimental essay and a critique of contemporary linguistics discourse.