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  • A woman with special abilities looks into the past of a submerged Kolkata in this short story

    A woman with special abilities looks into the past of a submerged Kolkata in this short story

    Vandana Singh
    · Aug 30, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • A matter of belonging: A family in Assam is torn apart by poverty and insurgency in this short story

    A matter of belonging: A family in Assam is torn apart by poverty and insurgency in this short story

    Indira Goswami
    · Jun 29, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • This Ramanand Sagar short story shows he was not only a film director (and the maker of ‘Ramayana’)

    This Ramanand Sagar short story shows he was not only a film director (and the maker of ‘Ramayana’)

    Ramanand Sagar Raza Naeem
    · Dec 30, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a new short story

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a new short story

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 19, 2017 · 12:42 pm
  • ‘Grass’: In Kulwant Singh Virk’s story, an abducted woman wants a family around her in a new country

    ‘Grass’: In Kulwant Singh Virk’s story, an abducted woman wants a family around her in a new country

    Kulwant Singh Virk
    · Aug 17, 2017 · 05:30 pm
  • Killing the Bedbugs: A short story that has absolutely nothing to do with demonetisation

    Killing the Bedbugs: A short story that has absolutely nothing to do with demonetisation

    Urvish Kothari
    · Jan 10, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Suketu Mehta has written a new story, and it's a frenetic mixture of memory and desire

    Suketu Mehta has written a new story, and it's a frenetic mixture of memory and desire

    Arunava Sinha
    · Sep 06, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • 'Draupadi', Mahasweta Devi's memorable short story, and still chillingly relevant

    'Draupadi', Mahasweta Devi's memorable short story, and still chillingly relevant

    Mahasweta Devi
    · Jul 31, 2016 · 06:30 am
  • 'Level’: Exclusive fiction by Novoneel Chakraborty

    'Level’: Exclusive fiction by Novoneel Chakraborty

    Novoneel Chakraborty
    · May 15, 2016 · 03:30 pm
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