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Namrata Verghese is a writer and academic. Currently, she's a graduate student at Stanford, working on a JD and PhD in Modern Thought and Literature. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Catapult, The Los Angeles Review of Books Tin House Online, and elsewhere. Her first collection of short stories was published in 2019 by Speaking Tiger Books. Read more or say hi at www.namrataverghese.com. ...more

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“The Kathakali man dances out the stories of your people. His ancient spinning filled your childhood nightmares. Years later, you met him again. Smiling, as always, on a jar of mango jam, in Target’s ‘International aisle’. Trapped in glass, he was still, for once—limbs frozen in incomplete twirls. Patel Brothers’ Mango Jam, he proclaimed. Bursting with the authentic regional flavours of India! The f reverberates: fff-flavour … Green face. Red eyes. The stories of your ancestors. The nightmares of your childhood. Infused, now, with Authentic Regional Flavour.”
Namrata Verghese, The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

“The baby was born five pounds six ounces, dark-eyed, curly-haired, and dead.”
Namrata Verghese, The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

“This year, for the first time, I fell for a woman. A woman who looks like me. On her, black eyes are inviting, coarse curls enticing. On her, darkness glows. In falling for her, I fell for myself. Hard.”
Namrata Verghese, The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

“Win the spelling bee and you will know what it means to be lonely. Win the spelling bee and you will know what it means to master the tongue that has mastered you. To boast of your victory in the language of your master.”
Namrata Verghese, The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

“The baby was born five pounds six ounces, dark-eyed, curly-haired, and dead.”
Namrata Verghese, The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

“This year, for the first time, I fell for a woman. A woman who looks like me. On her, black eyes are inviting, coarse curls enticing. On her, darkness glows. In falling for her, I fell for myself. Hard.”
Namrata Verghese, The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

“The Kathakali man dances out the stories of your people. His ancient spinning filled your childhood nightmares. Years later, you met him again. Smiling, as always, on a jar of mango jam, in Target’s ‘International aisle’. Trapped in glass, he was still, for once—limbs frozen in incomplete twirls. Patel Brothers’ Mango Jam, he proclaimed. Bursting with the authentic regional flavours of India! The f reverberates: fff-flavour … Green face. Red eyes. The stories of your ancestors. The nightmares of your childhood. Infused, now, with Authentic Regional Flavour.”
Namrata Verghese, The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

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