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A Fine Body of Marching Men by Ashok Ferrey

A Fine Body Of Marching Men by Ashok Ferrey I could see the old woman through the frosted glass fiddling with … Continue reading →

November 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

The Quilt by Ismat Chugtai

In the depth of winter whenever I snuggle into my quilt, its shadow on the wall seems to sway like an elephant. My mind begins a mad race into the … Continue reading →

November 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

Title: The Man who would be King Author: Rudyard Kipling Brother to a Prince and fellow to a beggar if he be found worthy The Law, as quoted, lays down a … Continue reading →

November 14, 2014 · Leave a comment

Doll Palace Stories by Sara Lippmann

They say never judge a book by its cover, but what first drew me to Sara Lippmann’s Doll Palace Stories was its beautiful cover of paper dolls that had one … Continue reading →

November 13, 2014 · Leave a comment

Toba Tek Singh by Sadat Hasan Manto

A couple of years after the partition of the country, it occurred to the respective governments of India and Pakistan that inmates of lunatic asylums, like prisoners, should also be … Continue reading →

November 12, 2014 · 1 Comment

Two Worlds by Ines Rodrigues

She offered me Turkish coffee. I finally accepted and she led me to her apartment. We lived in the same building: her domain on the ground floor and mine on … Continue reading →

November 12, 2014 · 6 Comments

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 →

November 8, 2014 · 1 Comment

The Search by Susan Kleinman ; originally published in The Baltimore Review

“Sixty-seven responses!” Al Edelstein announces at the first meeting of the search committee. It has been just two weeks since Rabbi Feldman dropped dead of a heart attack and just … Continue reading →

November 6, 2014 · Leave a comment

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 →

November 5, 2014 · Leave a comment

The Railway Aunty by Mohan Sikka

From the anthology, DELHI NOIR, from Akashic Books (Spring 2009) and HarperCollins India (2009) Paharganj I lay in my dark little verandah, the space I occupied in my Bua’s flat. … Continue reading →

November 4, 2014 · Leave a comment

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