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Interviews
“Sometimes I think the commercial aspect of writing and the humanistic aspect are at complete odds”
“Sometimes I think the commercial aspect of writing and the humanistic aspect are at complete odds”

A Conversation with Atharva Pandit

‘I think happiness comes without cost’
‘I think happiness comes without cost’

An Interview With Anuj Bahri

‘Every writing rule and prescribed routine took me only so far’
‘Every writing rule and prescribed routine took me only so far’

A conversation with Devika Rege

“I Want Writing to Cultivate my Relationship with Myself”
“I Want Writing to Cultivate my Relationship with Myself”

A conversation with Taymour Soomro

“Never Have We Privileged Success So Much”
“Never Have We Privileged Success So Much”

A conversation with Amit Chaudhuri

INTERVIEWS

Non Fiction
Part of the Process: D.H. Lawrence
Part of the Process: D.H. Lawrence

The life and times of a literary and artistic pioneer.

Part of the Process: Clarice Lispector
Part of the Process: Clarice Lispector

A look at the storied times of one of Brazil’s greatest novelists.

I Live Inside Music
I Live Inside Music

A personal essay on the experience of misophonia and living with it.

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

A captivating essay about coming of age, beauty standards and eyebrows.

Scattered Parts
Scattered Parts

A tender account of a half-lived love affair.

Making Roots
Making Roots

A meditation on finding home through trees.

For the Plot: On Narrativizing Life
For the Plot: On Narrativizing Life

A personal meditation on performance, narrative and authenticity.

Part Of The Process: Alberto Moravia
Part Of The Process: Alberto Moravia

The outsized life of one of Italy’s greatest modern writers.

Part of the Process: Nadine Gordimer
Part of the Process: Nadine Gordimer

Looking back at the journey of a South African legend.

Instructions for a Name
Instructions for a Name

A heartfelt meditation on etymology, names, identity and belonging.

A Crisis in 21 Scenes
A Crisis in 21 Scenes

A riveting, heartfelt journey into the aftermath of a personal crisis.

Part Of The Process: Saadat Hasan Manto
Part Of The Process: Saadat Hasan Manto

The greatest Partition writer lived a life of colour & character.

Poison
Poison

An incisive ode to the wonders of street food and the systems around it.

Part of the Process: Samuel Beckett
Part of the Process: Samuel Beckett

A peek into the age of one of the UK’s most influential writers.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Part of the Process
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Part of the Process

A small introduction to the life and times of arguably Latin America’s greatest and best-known novelist.

FICTION

Fiction
Gopu Uncle
Gopu Uncle
This Our Paradise
This Our Paradise

Karan Mujoo
An excerpt from a poignant book on Kashmir

One Fell In My Neighbour’s Garden
One Fell In My Neighbour’s Garden

Kshitij Bahl

Yạḍ Dōd
Yạḍ Dōd

Aashna Jamal

A story of Kashmiri wedding feasts, family ties and more

Snow
Snow

Shruti Sonal

Kariajja the Storyteller 
Kariajja the Storyteller 

Kariajja the Storyteller- Kum Veerabhadrappa, translated by Srikar Raghavan

Bats of Paradise
Bats of Paradise

Samruddhi Ghodgaonkar

An immersive tale of drunken despair from the heartland.

Ants
Ants

Ratul Ghosh

This reflective story of caregiving and age is one of the awarded stories in the 2023 Deodar Prize.

A Suitcase
A Suitcase

Shruti Sonal
An exploration of class, bias and ageing.

Homecoming
Homecoming

A heartfelt, reflective look at returning home while coming into your own is this week’s short story

Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi Puja

Sonal Sher

An eerie, dystopian work of speculative fiction follows a woman trying to reconstruct her childhood Kheer recipe.

Many Last Wishes
Many Last Wishes

Prthvir Solanki

A hilarious and absurd tale about friends in the afterlife and final requests.

Time and its Conjugations
Time and its Conjugations

Dilsher Dhillon

A gripping trip down memory lane questions the laws of timing, potential and fidelity in this short story.

An Elephant Eaten Alive
An Elephant Eaten Alive

Manoj Rupda

A translated story about a boy who wanders far from his village into the forest is about formative experiences, told with the simplicity and fluency of a time gone by.

The Dowager
The Dowager

Ajay Patri

A wealthy widow has to manage the inheritance of her late husband and changing family dynamics while reflecting on the past in this sparse and affecting short story.

The New Neighbour
The New Neighbour

Ash Shah

An isolated writer in a Goan village finds a muse of sorts in this tale of missed opportunity, timing and the creative process.

A Family Portrait
A Family Portrait

Alina Gufran

Frequently changing house help, a disintegrating marriage and a girl coming of age make up the ingredients of this emotionally resonant story.

NON FICTION