The Medley

is a twice-a-year literary journal run by the students of Hansraj College, University of Delhi. It is a repository of stories, poems and essays sent to us from around the world since 2018.

Issue #11 : Laal

Laal, or the colour Red, transcends the visual and enters abstraction, shows us multitudes — of fear, of shame, of grief. From a whimsical midnight thought, it unfolds into symbols, divergent meanings and layers. It shows us how red is, and never was, just a colour. A shade, which cut opens like an infinitely layered cake. The deeper you cut, the more it reveals.


Write to us what laal invokes for you.
The deadline for this issue is 12th of October, 2025.


Read the concept note here.