Parul Desai Shah — Excerpt: “A buyer said the house smelled. Like spices,” Nina stated with dramatic condemnation. This was a bullet wound to my family’s soul.
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Satyanarayan Katha
Jahnavi Gogoi — Excerpt: At one point in my childhood, I declare that I am an atheist. I do not believe in god. Everyone is horrified.
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Salt, Shadows and the Tempest — A Drifting Odyssey
Katha Haldar and Sarthak Das — Excerpt: As we gazed out of the bus window, the road unfolded before our eyes. Sometimes it veered, entering the heart of a distant village.
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auguri, auguri!
Rachel Kitch — Excerpt: Only one thing was slightly off, and that was the bride. My dress—a custom Anne Barge—was slightly too big.
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“Self-Portrait of My Father as James Baldwin Reading Me Notes of a Native Son” by I Echo
Best of the Net 2025 Nomination: CNF Category — Originally published on 5 May 2024 in THR Weekly Features