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Visiting
By Uma
Mahadevan-Dasgupta
(India)
For me, he was always
holding on to himself, unwilling to reveal his secrets. For him, I was
always willing to believe the worst of people and of things...
Childhood
Pleasures
By Pumla
Dineo Gqola
(Republic
of South Africa)
And this is how I manage to
hear the story. With so many grown-up people confronting such a crisis,
it is easy to forget there is a child in the room
Pratima
By
Rasik Shah
(Kenya-Canada)
The car slowed down. It was going
to turn. Pratima started to tremble and began saying the jappa prayer
to herself.
Sunset
in the Hills
By
Rumjhum
Biswas
(India)
Her
house was full of people again, just like in the old days. Laughing, squabbling,
teasing, complaining.
Of
Pavement, Temples
And
the BlueHaze
Reviews
By Anjana
Basu
(India)
The
legends are numerous, misting into a collage of sadhus
among icy mountain streams, the world’s highest mountain...and the Beatles.
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