Panchami — Excerpt: What began as reading ‘about’ the region transcended into reading ‘from’ the region. Shafak’s work was a beacon, my entry into literature from West Asia.
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Gratitude Found Inside the Fence
Kathleen Fullerton — Excerpt: Coffee brews in an old industrial pot, large upon the counter in this long open room optimistically called “the day room.”
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Pujo is Here But Not for Everyone | Festive Edition
Sanskriti Roy — Excerpt: But Maa’s arrival is only partial, because Pujo is not for everyone. I realise this while passing through the city’s restless traffic on a Rapido.
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The God-makers | Festive Edition
Tejaswinee Roychowdhury — Excerpt: Mum tells me that when she was little, she would sit with her knees to her chest all day, watching the God-makers at work.
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Fluent
Cate LeBrun — Excerpt: I lack enough German to be considered functional so I nod like a stage actor, a smile fixed and hanging on by its sensitive teeth.