Pritha Mahanti

Pritha Mahanti is a Masters graduate of English and International Studies from Presidency University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, respectively. She is currently engaged in working towards her research interest that includes visual art and global politics. Her poems and essays have been published in Cafe Dissensus, Madras Courier, Gulmohur Quarterly and Live Wire. She is also the co-founder and editor of the digital quarterly magazine, ‘Ptenopus’.

Rethinking the urbanity puzzle

Dhaka through the experimental lens.

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