THE FEATURED ARTICLES
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Flash Fiction: Everything That Falls Must Rise
May 2022 - Set in coastal Karnataka of the 1970s, this story has traces of Southern Gothic. The title was inspired by Flannery O’Connor’s classic Everything That Rises Must Converge.
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Reflections: Blind Spots on Racism
May 2022 - When someone or some group we may not like is mistreated, discriminated, or subjected to hate crime, let us not ignore, condone, or rejoice. If we do, one day our turn may come.
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Voices: Alien in the Only Country that I Know as Home
May 2022 - This is the second in a series of essays by DREAMERS—children of long-term visa holders who have become, or are headed towards becoming, undocumented immigrants because of the expiry of their dependent visa.
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When Home is Not a Safe Haven for Children
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Tribute: Pt. Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi: Master of Melody
April 2022 - Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi: A fond remembrance on his birth centennial.
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Screen Time: A Taste of the Underbelly
April 2022 - There is plenty to choose from this month if you are in the mood for dark tales of love and deceit.
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Excerpt: The Pillage of an Empire
April 2022 - The British conquered India, we often say. WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, the renowned historian, notes that the reality was more complicated and sinister.
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Nature: Collarwali : A Majestic Symbol of Wildlife Preservation
April 2022 - A saga of the tigress who came to be known as the Queen of Pench and was the inspiration behind a myriad of business and conservation initiatives.
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Books: A Saga of the Hollow Men
April 2022 - Pankaj Mishra’s new novel is no less stimulating and insightful than anything else he has written, although there’s no tightly hewn plot here—and the drama that matters is internal.
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Monsoon of Memories: “Free” Chilies and coriander Leaves
April 2022 - I’m also reminded of the local shopkeepers, who have seen us grow and move from high school to being parents, offering us candy instead of “change” when we were kids!