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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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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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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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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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.
