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Short fiction: The death of a couple’s young son makes them re-evaluate their relationship with him
Anirban Bhattacharya
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Fiction: The streets descend into chaos, turning every person into both a victim and a perpetrator
Sanjay Bahadur
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How the Indian upper castes (and the Portuguese) exploited the tribals of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Neelesh Kulkarni
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Translated fiction: Bengali couple Sudeep and Kamalika raise their children in 1960s’ America
Bani Basu Debali Mookerjea-Leonard
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Fiction from Bangladesh: Kamal embarks on a boat journey to the floodplains until the war is over
Manzu Islam
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A new self-help book offers tips on how to battle negative thoughts and self-image
Thibaut Meurisse
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Fiction: Esai stumbles across an ancient secret that threatens to dismantle her college to the bones
Megha Rao
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Fiction: The discovery of an unknown man in Pakistan’s Black Mountains causes an avalanche of chaos
Feryal Ali-Gauhar
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Fiction: Ambika thinks teaching is tough, until she meets the unreasonable mothers of her students
Zarreen Khan
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Fiction: Rose meets pop star Milo Jax at a party. The next morning, she can’t remember what happened
Olivia Petter
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Fiction: Professor Nurul Islam’s outspoken views earn the ire of Pakistani fundamentalist preachers
MG Vassanji
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Fiction: The dangerous Goa casinos where the famous and dreamers chase quick fortunes
Anurag Tripathi
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Speculative fiction: Aster lives in the slums of a space vessel with harsh moral restrictions
Rivers Solomon
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Hindi fiction: An excerpt from ‘Kasari Masari’ by Manoj Rajan Tripathi
Manoj Rajan Tripathi
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Fiction: Gul, Arth, Luni, Himmo live by the sea. One day, the water throws up a mysterious creature
Sonali Prasad
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Does body shaming affect self-esteem? A writer demonstrate with anecdotes from her childhood
Ruby Dhal
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In Prayaag Akbar’s new novel, a young man works for a right-wing content studio. Then trouble erupts
Prayaag Akbar
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Fiction: There are three disappearances. They could all be ‘crimes’, but only one ends in murder
Avtar Singh
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In Vikas Swarup’s new novel, a kidnapped woman’s fate will be determined in an online auction
Vikas Swarup
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The fortuitous journey of ‘Crime Master’ Shakti Kapoor
Roshmila Bhattacharya