Interview with Tessa Smith McGovern
★What cocktail best describes you? Probably a Pimms – it was the very first cocktail I became aware of as a young teenager because everyone drinks it at Wimbledon and … Continue reading
Materia Medica by C.P. Surendran
Poems from Rapid Radio, a collection under construction Trade Names Mirtaz, Daxid, Zapiz. Days narrow like the magic eye Of an old radio. Nights short Like twitter text. At my … Continue reading
Rosa’s Day – an excerpt from Arpita Bhawal’s Anthology, Vices of Eden
In the twenty years that John was in Abu Dhabi, besides acquiring lands, a large two-storey house with a garden in the heart of Cochin, a partnership in a coffee … Continue reading
Interview with Mohan Sikka
Mohan won Best Story at the 2014 Screen Awards for the film adaption of his story “The Railway Aunty”, remade as dark thriller B.A. Pass by debut director Ajay Bahl. “The … Continue reading
Alice Munro – The Master of the Contemporary Short Story
Readers expect stories to be easy to read and digest—after all, they’re short! Writers believe short stories can be taken apart like a radio to figure out how they work—after … Continue reading
Final Test : Exit Sachin Tendulkar by Dilip D’Souza
In India, cricket and Sachin Tendulkar are synonymous. I am not a fan but Dilip D’Souza’s book ‘Final Test – Exit Sachin Tendulkar’ made for an interesting read. The author, … Continue reading
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