Jalpaiguri, West Bengal •
May 28, 2024
‘Why do we vote?’
A poet's take on the Lok Sabha elections in our democracy that shows us how they can be about everything but the rights of ordinary people
Poem and Text
Moumita Alam
Moumita Alam is a poet from West Bengal. She has two published collections of poetry – The Musings of the Dark and Poems at Daybreak – to her credit. Her works have been translated in Telugu and Tamil as well.
Illustration
Antara Raman
Antara Raman is an illustrator and website designer with an interest in social processes and mythological imagery. A graduate of the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru, she believes that the world of storytelling and illustration are symbiotic.
Editor
Pratishtha Pandya
Pratishtha Pandya is a Senior Editor at PARI where she leads PARI's creative writing section. She is also a member of the PARIBhasha team and translates and edits stories in Gujarati. Pratishtha is a published poet working in Gujarati and English.
