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…
The warmth of the blazing Sun Inspires the hopeful life on earth. Its light shines through heaven And a million of hearth. Without it there is no day, night or year, Wonder how, Its so far but so near. The…
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…
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.…
Book Name: The Gangster’s Son Author: Joseph Mark Brewer Rating: 4.5/5 Crime stories have always thrilled me. I enjoy reading crime stories. This book too was an enjoyable read. The story revolves around Sato, an inspector, as the lead character.…
Something Happened On The Way To Heaven Contributing Authors: Bhaswar Mukherjee, Saurabh Kumar, Dhrishti Dasgupta, Supriya Unni Nair, Satyarth Nayak, Jimmy Mathew, Vibha Lohani, Rajesh Pooppotte, Swaha Bhattacharya, Rishi Vohra, Neelamani Sutar, Subhobrata, Pushkar Pande, Nalini Chandran, Praveen P. Gopinath,…
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:…
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.…
Short Story ID- 11/2015 Whenever I see a butterfly, or a bee, sucking at a flower, I imagine Annie’s lips and mine hovering, approaching, penetrating into them. False are all the theories of soul and metaphysics; the world is matter,…
Sorayya Khan is the author of three novels, Noor (2003), Five Queen’s Road (2009) and City of Spies (2015). She was awarded a US Fulbright Research Grant to conduct research in Pakistan and Bangladesh for one of her novels, and received a Malahat Review Novella…
Utkarsh Patel is the author of Shakuntala- The Woman Wronged. He has qualifications in Mythology, both Indian and World from Mumbai University. He is also a faculty on the subject of Comparative Mythology, at the Mumbai University, India. Utkarsh is…