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    Window Seat to the City

    31 August 2025

    Raka Banerjee — Excerpt: I remember reading a beautiful poetry collection, one of the first borrowed from the British Council Library, on-board the Kolkata tram.

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    In Salamanca, Spain

    31 August 2025

    Rafaela Kottou — Excerpt: Salamanca, Spain is where I had the best steak of my life. It was at a restaurant in the center of the city, which they call the Plaza Mayor.

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    Lost in Venice: Beyond the Gondola Rides

    30 March 2025

    Amrita Mukherjee — Excerpt: It was pointless to ask my husband anything now because he was definitely not within earshot. Also, he has this personal principle of not asking for directions from human beings but rely on a piece of code.

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    Following the Mississippi

    23 March 2025

    Lyndon Carrier — Excerpt: I think of all the people that rely on the river to live, I think of all the people that have followed its path.

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