Issue II of Headcanon Magazine is a gorgeously-crafted & carefully-curated constellation of contemporary poetry, art, mixtapes, collages, & academic readings celebrating Bollywood cinema, & its bodies of desire. It is called Desiring Bollywood.
The spectatorship of Bollywood is an act of desire. Yearning mired in half-leisures, stolen glances, masquerade macabres, & the spun-gold of nostalgia. Death undone with every sleight of hand, & sung at the alter of the lover. Desiring Bollywood understands that while every turn of desire risks annihilation, there can be no life without the promise of want.
This issue features works from Aditi Dindorkar, Anas Arif, Anukriti, dukhtar, Ekta Rathore, Jayant Bakshi, Kasturi M, Madhu Kumari, Miriam Mohan George, Ojaswani Parewa, Pulari Meera Bhaskar, Purbasha Roy, Rohit Rajak, Shreya Sharma (Reya), Sabahat Ali Wani, Sakshi Barak, Sanya Srishti, Shayoni Thakkar, Shhreyas Kairoli, Shruti Shhreyasi, Shubhangi Singh, Simran, & Spandana. It has been guest edited by Paridhi Puri alongside Headcanon Magazine‘s Editor-in-Chief, Anushka Bidani.