Fighting Elsewhere
He could not tell his mother that he lost his job in Prague, or that he is gay, or that…
Asia
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Stories
No Spark in Mafiz’s Relationship
Translated to English by Arunava Sinha and Shabnam Nadiya 1. The first time Mafiz ran along Kendua’s main road, it didn’t catch the eye…
মফিজের রিলেশনে স্পার্ক নাই
১. মফিজের প্রথমবারের মতো কেন্দুয়ার সড়ক ধরে ছুটে যাওয়ার ঘটনাটি গ্রামের কোনো বাসিন্দার চোখে পড়ে না। এই চোখে না পড়ার…
Thirty-One Steps
Singh sat on the bench on Platform Three at Amritsar Junction. Nine years of waiting had carved his outline into…
UPROOTED
‘This is My Home. I want to live here and be buried here’ was my aunt’s repeated wish every time…
What the Sea Carries, What the Body Remembers
This suite of essays, brought together by the Commonwealth Foundation, gathers four voices from four islands—each drawn, in their own…
Mrs Gaonkar’s Girls
We all love to drink chai, but not the same kind and not the same amount. For instance, Auntie can’t…
The Dot
They say a butterfly flapping its wings can cause hurricanes on the other side of the world. The butterfly effect.…
Tamarind
Two people dominated our lives, and I hadn’t met either of them: my father, who deserted my mother barely a…
dear radiology resident, tell me
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Appā meets my wife
I bring her to meet you when I'm sure no one else is coming. Still, I scan the scrawls in…
The Undead Crow
after A. Samad Said’s “Gagak Parit” I am already dead in both languages but…
A Biography of Divergence & A Personal History of Vulnerability
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Are Lovers Formed or Created?
I I was created in lieu of a debt / in lieu of a life spent in the fields…
Mother May I
I am to be a mother this weekend. The assignment came through when I was dusting the house earlier. It’s…
The Woman Upstairs
Pei was sitting in the middle of the empty classroom, one leg crossed over the other thigh. Her hanging leg…