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Anees Salim

‘The First of the Odds’: A short story by novelist Anees Salim

‘My shoulders started to ache from the weight of my son I could no longer take for the weekly outings.’

Anees Salim
· Jul 13, 2024 · 05:30 pm
What an elderly English tourist taught writer Anees Salim about his hometown, Varkala

‘An old man from Brighton and a small boy from Varkala.’

Anees Salim
· Jun 10, 2023 · 01:30 pm
Anees Salim’s newest novel is set in Paradise Lodge, a hotel where people come to die

An excerpt from ‘The Bellboy,’ by Anees Salim.

Anees Salim
· Sep 01, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Crossword Prize and most rejections: Anees Salim on his novel ‘The Blind Lady’s Descendants’

‘My nephew had taken his life a while ago, but he had not left a suicide note, much unlike his namesake in the book.’

Anees Salim
· May 09, 2015 · 08:30 am