Short stories
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‘These Tongues that Grow Roots’: Poetic stories on memory and quiet resonances of human experience
Kamalakar Bhat
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‘Quality translation is important to increase readership’: AJ Thomas, editor of ‘100 Indian Stories’
Majid Maqbool
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Sunday book pick: Upendranath Ashk’s wickedly funny short stories in ‘Hats and Doctors’
Sayari Debnath
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Short story: The garment store Devapichai works at is like a prison. Will he be able to escape it?
Vannanilavan Janani Kannan
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Classic Odia stories: No task is sordid enough for a cremator as long as he gets the right price
Satchidananda Routray Leelawati Mohapatra KK Mohapatra Paul St-Pierre
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‘Mouth’: A collection of speculative short fiction that breaks the binary of human and the other
Saloni Sharma
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‘The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF’ is every bit is as radical as you think
Devarsi Ghosh
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Classic Malayalam stories in translation: A couple resorts to a philosophical remedy to make money
Malabar K Sukumaran Venugopal Menon
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‘The World With Its Mouth Open’: Ordinary experiences reflect the absurdity of Kashmir’s reality
Khawar Khan Achakzai
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‘Life on Mars’: Namita Gokhale writes of the many images of love and heartbreak in new short stories
Sayari Debnath
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For children: A magical mirror teaches young Riya an important lesson on self-love
Ashima Kaushik
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Classic short stories from Karnataka: A baby stirs feelings of humanity in a tribe of cannibals
Nanajangudu Thirumalamba Susheela Punitha
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Translated short fiction: A peculiar fever grips Amma during the cotton harvesting season
Senthil Jagannathan Anjana Shekar
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‘Not a Day for Outings’: A winner of the Book Review Literary Trust Short Story Contest
Armaan
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‘Missing Years’: Flash fiction by writer Iffat Nawaz
Iffat Nawaz
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For children: How will Rajat get one hundred rupees for the boatman to take him across the river?
Poonam Desai
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Classic horror stories from Bengal: Neela and her father see a ghost in the dead of the night
Manik Bandyopadhyay Arundhati Nath
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Short story: A lonely crow at night could be a dear departed friend
Dhruba Hazarika
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Short fiction from Kashmir: A middle-aged man struggles to locate his lover’s grave
Zahid Rafiq
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Translated short stories: Will the bridal party find a car in time to go to the bridegroom’s house?
Arupa Patangia Kalita Mitra Phukan