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December 8, 2016
Family Sagas: Our Never Ending Love
“Men’s stories are the bones of a bygone age, sanctified as relics, preserved in stone. Women’s stories are written in water. Passed in silence from mother to daughter. About things perishable: flesh, blood, feelings, tears. Suffering. Endurance is a sign of womanliness. But what men overlook is that endurance is a crucible, it changes the Continue Reading…
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July 18, 2016
USNE KAHA THA / She Had Said It
[Note: On the eve of World War 1, the Indian Army expanded from 155,000 men to around1.27 million, providing 10 percent of the British Empire’s total military strength. Of these, 827,000 served as combatantsand more than 74,000 lost their lives. Their contribution to decisive early battles led to the failure of Germany’s plan for a Continue Reading…
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August 22, 2015
Visthapit Vinayak / Displacement
(Originally in Hindi as Visthapit Vinayak byViky Arya. Displacementtranslated by Madhavi S. Mahadevan.) etting foot in this office for the first time, one gets the feeling of having arrived at some ultra modern place of work in an European or American metropolis. Fully AC with spacious well-appointed interiors, sleek stylish furniture, walls in pleasing shades Continue Reading…
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March 8, 2015
Tulsi
(Originally in Hindi as Tulsi ke Bahane by Vipin Choudhary.Translated by Madhavi S. Mahadevan.) was the one who opened the door. It could have been around one-thirty in the afternoon. Generally, the doorbell does not ring at this hour in our flat 101 of the paying guest hostel, because no one is in at that Continue Reading…
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February 20, 2015
Somewhere in Gujarat
The dogs had stopped barking. With their tails tuckedbetween their legs they cowered in corners among thedebris. A brown pup was suckling its mongrel mother, thatlay stiff. Charu wanted to ask someone something. But heforgot what. Also, he did not know if he could speak. He triedto say aloud, ‘Can I talk?’ Though the wind Continue Reading…
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February 4, 2015
Paani da rang vekh ke / Ringtone
Short story in Hindi by Viky Arya. Translated by Madhavi S. Mahadevan(originally published in Sahityashilpi – an online magazine). ntil yesterday, one thought twice before stepping out of the house into the scorching heat and the dust storms that sweep over the city on a summer day. But not anymore – thanks to the metro. Continue Reading…
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January 26, 2015
Blind Spot
aromita sat at the dressing table, going over the telephone conversation in her mind. Something had not sounded right, but she could not make out what it was. Just then, Surojit walked in. “Not ready yet, Paro!” he said. “What are you wearing today?” “Haven’t really thought about it.” “Wear your red and white Jamdani Continue Reading…
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January 12, 2015
Parallel Lives / Do Jeevan Samaantar
Short story in Hindiby Suraj Prakash. Translated by Madhavi Mahadevan. ello. May I speak with Deepti ji on this number? – Yes, this is Mrs Dhawan speaking. – But I would like to speak with Deepti ji. – I said so, didn’t I? I am Mrs Deepti Dhawan. What can I do for you? – Continue Reading…
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December 5, 2014
W. Somerset Maugham: Adultery in the tropics.
One of the many inconveniences of real life is that it seldom gives you the complete story, wrote British writer Somerset Maugham in the story The Romantic Young Lady. Yet, out of an inconvenience such as this, or perhaps because of it, he created a marvelous oeuvre of short fiction. Maugham, a writer with many Continue Reading…
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