Long Live The Revolution
I stood under the big banyan tree, clutched the edge of my saree in my palms, tied it tightly around my shoulder and stared at the men standing around.
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True fiction from contemporary India
The power of fear
It all started at around 8 AM.
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Love and other drugs
The chair is rickety. But, I perch on it every day.
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Escaping home
It was 4 AM and Salma couldn’t sleep. She had walked over to the kitchen twice already, in search of water to quench her non-existent thirst.
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Being me, for me.
I can see the small kennel door from my window. Treat is eagerly watching me from there - his tongue dangling out, his ears flapping.
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A long way home
In the four years that I have lived here, I have never seen them happy. They didn’t seem unhappy either. They were just okay, I guess.
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Sing to survive
Dear Ammi, Tohe chhov haz var peath? How have you been?
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Roads to nowhere
Like always, Vimal Murmu was narrating the story of Ramayana to his 5-year-old son.
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The privilege to hate
In the pit of darkness on a March night, Roopinder Singh sat sipping santri - local liquor - with his brother.
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The day Wakeel died
Welcome to All Things Indian. Every Saturday, I unpack the complexities of contemporary India.
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The cost of free speech
Three hours to showtime. My temples continue to throb. Drops of sweat flow down my temples, seep underneath my cotton top and roll down my back.
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One more Heer
Welcome to All Things Indian. Eery Saturday, I unpack the complexities of contemporary India.
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The irrelevance of relevance
As soon as he saw the television screen, Mumtaz knew what was in store this Monday morning.
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Friends, Indians, Countrymen…lend me your ears
At 2 o clock on a freezing January night, when the cold reaches your bones, three layers of thick clothing seem like nothing but a formality.
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I know why you hesitate to get out of bed. Not because it is a Saturday.
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The year I became a woman…
Welcome to All Things Indian. Every Saturday, I unpack the complexities of contemporary India.
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Once upon a time, again
Every year, on December 6, Javed felt lighter.He enjoyed the attention he got on his birthday.
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