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Thampanoor Terminal (New) by Thommen Jose

Short Story ID- 12/2015  Two things struck him when he slapped her hard across her face:  unlike in the movies his hand didn’t swing in a semi arc, but stopped right on contact and, again unlike in the movies, it…

NAW Interview with Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is the author of a novel, The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey (New Delhi: Aleph Book Company, 2014),  which was shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize 2014. His latest work is The Adivasi Will not Dance. A…

City of Dreams (Book Excerpt) by Pranaya Rana

Pranaya SJB Rana is sometimes a writer, sometimes an editor, oftentimes both. He has worked as a journalist and editor for The Kathmandu Post and Nepali Times. He lives in Kathmandu and listens to hip hop. Read his interview here.…

NAW Interview with Pranaya Rana

Pranaya SJB Rana is sometimes a writer, sometimes an editor, oftentimes both. He has worked as a journalist and editor for The Kathmandu Post and Nepali Times. He lives in Kathmandu and listens to hip hop.   NAW- Tell us…

NAW Interview with Joseph Mark Brewer

Joseph Mark Brewer spends his days with fiction and non-fiction competing for his attention. On the one hand, he creates worlds set in places where he has lived.Leaving music school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a journalist and…

Book Review: Brutal by Uday Satpathy

Brutal is an action thriller which follows a few days in the lives of two broken individuals. They are brave reporters, but their investigation into a case leads them into a deathly spiral. Here is a summary of the book:…

I See You (Book Excerpt) by Karishma Attari

Karishma Attari is a Mumbai-based writer, book reviewer and sunshine generator. She is the founder of The Super Readers Club, a reading programme for kids, and Shakespeare for Dummies, an enlightenment programme for everyday adults. I See You is her debut work.…

NAW Interview with Karishma Attari

Karishma Attari is a Mumbai-based writer, book reviewer and sunshine generator. She is the founder of The Super Readers Club, a reading programme for kids, and Shakespeare for Dummies, an enlightenment programme for everyday adults. I See You is her debut work.…