‘The World With Its Mouth Open’: Ordinary experiences reflect the absurdity of Kashmir’s reality

Khawar Khan Achakzai

· Mar 22, 2025 · 05:30 pm

‘Life on Mars’: Namita Gokhale writes of the many images of love and heartbreak in new short stories

Sayari Debnath

· Mar 22, 2025 · 01:30 pm

For children: A magical mirror teaches young Riya an important lesson on self-love

Ashima Kaushik

· Mar 21, 2025 · 01:30 pm

Classic short stories from Karnataka: A baby stirs feelings of humanity in a tribe of cannibals

Nanajangudu Thirumalamba Susheela Punitha

· Mar 19, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Translated short fiction: A peculiar fever grips Amma during the cotton harvesting season

Senthil Jagannathan Anjana Shekar

· Mar 14, 2025 · 05:30 pm

‘Not a Day for Outings’: A winner of the Book Review Literary Trust Short Story Contest

Armaan

· Mar 11, 2025 · 05:30 pm

‘Missing Years’: Flash fiction by writer Iffat Nawaz

Iffat Nawaz

· Mar 10, 2025 · 05:30 pm

For children: How will Rajat get one hundred rupees for the boatman to take him across the river?

Poonam Desai

· Mar 10, 2025 · 01:30 pm

Classic horror stories from Bengal: Neela and her father see a ghost in the dead of the night

Manik Bandyopadhyay Arundhati Nath

· Feb 26, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Short story: A lonely crow at night could be a dear departed friend

Dhruba Hazarika

· Feb 24, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Short fiction from Kashmir: A middle-aged man struggles to locate his lover’s grave

Zahid Rafiq

· Feb 18, 2025 · 06:30 pm

Translated short stories: Will the bridal party find a car in time to go to the bridegroom’s house?

Arupa Patangia Kalita Mitra Phukan

· Feb 06, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Science fiction: A celestial journey and a miraculous encounter in a Tamil solarpunkfuture

Hameedha Khan

· Feb 05, 2025 · 05:30 pm

New short stories by Namita Gokhale: A vacation to the mountains reacquaints a woman with her life

Namita Gokhale

· Jan 29, 2025 · 05:30 pm

A new book brings stories of Drukpa Kunley (1455-1529), or the beloved ‘divine madman’ of Bhutan

Needrup Zangpo

· Jan 28, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Translated short fiction: A librarian gets trapped inside a dictionary. Will he be able to get out?

Unni R J Devika

· Jan 20, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Short stories about Mumbai: A woman is outraged when she sees a stark-naked sadhu on Marine Drive

Murzban F Shroff

· Jan 06, 2025 · 05:30 pm

Sunday book pick: Empathetic and nuanced stories of animal-human conflict in ‘The Mirror of Wonders’

Sayari Debnath

· Jan 05, 2025 · 08:00 am

Hindi fiction: An excerpt from ‘Yeh Dil Hai Ki Chor Darwaza’, by Kinshuk Gupta

Kinshuk Gupta

· Jan 03, 2025 · 06:30 pm

Translated short stories: An Indian pilot reminisces about her relationship with a Pakistani man

Joginder Paul Haris Qadeer

· Jan 03, 2025 · 05:30 pm