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Book Review: Ganga by Anuja Chandramouli

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Book Name: Ganga: The Constant Goddess Author: Anuja Chandramouli Publisher: Rupa Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Believed to be the liquid manifestation of Shakti and the nurturer of the three worlds with her life-sustaining waters, Goddess Ganga is the…

The Cave

Inside the cave It was cold Outside the cave People turned into bits of over burnt coal. Inside the cave The hunters hid Outside the cave People arched their eyebrows as if drawing out secret daggers. Inside the cave They…

‘Betrayal’ (For Sugirtharani) by Gita Jayaraj

You tell me that I have betrayed my ownBecause I do not write about theStruggles and the persecution.My words do not, you say, reveal theHumiliation faced by mine –Ancestors, Fathers, Uncles, Brothers.You tell me that I have betrayed my ownBecause…