Pritha Mahanti

Pritha Mahanti

Pritha Mahanti is a freelance writer, editor and researcher interested in visual arts, popular culture and politics. She is the co-founder and chief editor of Ptenopus, an online literary magazine centred on art. Her writings have been published in Himal Southasian, Serendipity Arts, Critical Collective, LiveWire, Madras Courier, Cafe Dissensus and Gulmohur Quarterly.

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The Naming Of Namo

This poem is a reworking of T.S Eliot’s The Naming of Cats. While Eliot’s witty & humorous exploration of the names acquired by cats reinforces the enigma that they are, The Naming of Namo lampoons the myth-making around an insecure despot.