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Read: Ten flash fiction pieces by Joginder Paul in their first English translation
Joginder Paul
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‘The Issue’: Read Tanuj Solanki’s short fiction from a new anthology featuring young Indian writers
Tanuj Solanki
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Short story: ‘The Finding’. (Or, a discovery that stunned a world reeling under a pandemic)
Arundhati Ghosh
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‘The New Provincials’: A story from Sumana Roy’s new book of short fiction, ‘My Mother’s Lover’
Sumana Roy
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How do you live between two worlds, America and India? Anosh Irani’s short stories try to find out
Anosh Irani
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The Indian tendency to stretch time becomes a boon when aliens arrive in this science fiction story
Manjula Padmanabhan
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An eerie walk in the hills comes to an unexpected end in this short story by actor Manav Kaul
Manav Kaul
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Shame and displacement lead to an unexpected end in this short story from an all-women anthology
Reshma Ruia
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Bengaluru-based writer V Sanjay Kumar wins top spot in UK’s Bridport Prize short story competition
Scroll Staff
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‘A Nail on a Tamarind Tree’: This eerie short story explores a popular Indian belief about ghosts
K Madavane
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A woman with special abilities looks into the past of a submerged Kolkata in this short story
Vandana Singh
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A matter of belonging: A family in Assam is torn apart by poverty and insurgency in this short story
Indira Goswami
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This Ramanand Sagar short story shows he was not only a film director (and the maker of ‘Ramayana’)
Ramanand Sagar Raza Naeem
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a new short story
Scroll Staff
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‘Grass’: In Kulwant Singh Virk’s story, an abducted woman wants a family around her in a new country
Kulwant Singh Virk
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Killing the Bedbugs: A short story that has absolutely nothing to do with demonetisation
Urvish Kothari
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Suketu Mehta has written a new story, and it's a frenetic mixture of memory and desire
Arunava Sinha
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'Draupadi', Mahasweta Devi's memorable short story, and still chillingly relevant
Mahasweta Devi
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'Level’: Exclusive fiction by Novoneel Chakraborty
Novoneel Chakraborty