Non-Fiction Archives - Page 8 of 10

Category: Non-Fiction

June, 2019

Death of an Ambassador

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

June, 2019

Saltfish, Rum & Jamericans

My mother and I stood in line for a coconut. My feet sank into the hot Caribbean sand as we waited with the other tourists...

May, 2019

Can two Bangalores co-exist?

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

May, 2019

Country Roads & Rickshaw Drivers

The buzzing in my ears seemed to come from a long way off. Feeling distinctly alarmed I stuck my forefingers deep into my ears, closed..

April, 2019

Macbeth with added parrots

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

April, 2019

Siblings

My brother and I park in the parking lot of Aldi, a German grocery store, and walk to the entrance. Lying on the right next..

April, 2019

That Night..

Do you have a favourite mom-dad story, too? The one they tell you so often, and so vividly, that you feel you were right there..

March, 2019

Food for the soul and the stomach

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

March, 2019

Having a Pension: The Last American Dream Becomes an Element of Myth

Whereas hope and empowerment characterize the realm of dreams, mythic landscapes can be quite different, rife with obstacles the hero cannot overcome, despite hard work..

February, 2019

Wakanda forever, lah, beyond the West

TGV is the newer of Miri’s two movie theaters. Past the vendors selling durian and rambutan in the tamu, the stall keepers offering nasi lemak..

February, 2019

No mere film star!

The arts and culture pages of the day before yesterday’s Hindu newspaper (April 24th 2015) brought back vivid memories of my first visit to India..

January, 2019

Two facets

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been torn between the two irreconcilable halves of my person- Tanisha, my name on every official document,..

January, 2019

If I really must go shopping

II dislike shopping. That is, I am intolerant of the endless mind-numbing browsing of groaning shelves and sagging racks of items that I can live..

December, 2018

Morning Raga

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

December, 2018

The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch — Book Review

Sameen Borker reviews The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch, by Sanam Maher.

November, 2018

Vendors of Dignity & Cows of Jayanagar

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

November, 2018

The Best Asian Short Stories 2017

Fehmida Zakeer reviews Kitaab's first anthology of The Best Asian Short Stories.

October, 2018

(Not Quite) Lost in the Lanes of Jayanagar

Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose's experience of Bangalore through his many visits.

September, 2018

THE POWER OF P’s: Philosophy, Puberty, and Pumice

I GREW UP IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA IN THE EARLY 1950’s, when television was in its infancy (only three channels). We had a twelve inch..

August, 2018

Living with Jazz

I was painfully aware of my lack of a jazzer’s ear the year I spent playing tenor saxophone in my high school jazz band. I..

July, 2018

Medea on Prozac

Dyna Kassir's essay is a collection of speculative thoughts, diverse and scattered but many times blended and regrouped, inspired by the 2008 movie “Slumdog Millionaires” directed by Danny Boyle.

July, 2018

Crooked Aesthetics

It is 2012. My youth group in church does not invite me to a party because they think I am too weird, and that my..

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