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    Reading Shafak in a Burning World: The Art of Storytelling

    14 December 2025

    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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    Heart-touching and resplendent haiku — Daipayan Nair’s the ten hands of a fuchka seller

    20 October 2024

    Anita Nahal — Excerpt: As Santōka Taneda, Japanese author and haiku poet, expressed quite rightly, “Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.”

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