Nina Miller — Excerpt: Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam is a novella-in-flash that deftly weaves the story of a migrant family with moments from the Ramayana, mirroring the unfolding narrative.
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Just Like That
For the past three nights, Atlas Adeyemi noticed that the moon had been transforming and shifting uneasily in the sky. Ordinarily, a change in the colour and appearance of the moon wouldn’t bother people in his part of the world.
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The Bend at No. 5 Village
The salt breeze reached the cane fields before the sun did. By the time Atlas Ambrose stepped off the minibus at the stelling, the light had turned the river a copper green.
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The Compass(es) to the Atlas
Why this Amma is acting like this and all only I don’t understand. She is making her eyes go round round like one fan. But who will tell her to relax little? Ha?
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Instructions for Vanishing
Maa would tell you an entirely-too-long story about the night of my birth, shuddering as she narrated the way my wriggling, wet body shot out of her and landed on the floor with a wet thwack.