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    Willing

    8 March 2026

    Madhulika Khaitan — Excerpt: Indisputably, there is the will of God. But then, there is also the will of a woman.

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    Torches in Shadows

    8 March 2026

    Chitra Gopalakrishnan — Excerpt: The men tell me they are heading to a pokkar. “We want our pond back and we will take it, one way or another,” they say.

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    Shinkansen Diaries: Discovering Japan by Rail (Part 1 – Tokyo)

    1 March 2026

    Michael Smith — Excerpt: In October 2009, myself and a colleague at the British school where I worked accompanied a small group of 15/16 year old students to Japan.

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    The Guardian of the Temple

    22 February 2026

    Apoorva Shekher — Excerpt: Alok rushed outside and found a few rowdy-looking youngsters throwing stones at a building in the precincts of the Sharda Temple.

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    Present Perfect and Other Demonic Possessions

    8 February 2026

    Sabyasachi Roy — Excerpt: This piece is by a Bengali who has been haunted, or rather, it is a haunting in eleven tenses. But, it always starts with the Present Perfect.

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