December 2013
In this issue
Contents
Writers & “Truth Regimes”
Cheriyan Alexander writes about intolerant regimes that hound writers/artists from time to time and on the role of scriptures in the history of religious intolerance.
Camus’ Centenary: The Algerian Question
Part of series on Albert Camus, coinciding with his birth centenary celebrations.
Five in Translation
Every month, The Bangalore Review recommends a reading list, also mentioning in brief why each book must be read. This month’s list has been compiled by writer, Tabish Khair.
Wakefield by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Every month, The Reading Room showcases a short story, or excerpts of a book, from some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen.
The Dress
The sudden death of her youngest daughter so devastated Lily Polowski that she was unable to attend her funeral. Despite being heavily sedated, Lily still suffered from debilitating anguish over the loss of her beloved child.
Hero
She had been looking at a copy of Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, when she looked up and saw him a few feet away, staring at her intently. “You don’t want to get that,” he said, his voice calm but firm, like a parent addressing a child.
The Philosopher
‘Hey God,’ he said quietly into the air, ‘I still got that empty feeling in my gut that I told you about this morning. Am I doing the right thing in going to Africa?’
~Concubine to the Word~
A Visual poem by Leila Fortier
The Gore of Repetition
He can feel them turning lazy cartwheels, digging holes their exact diameter into his thoughts.
Night Haiku
a bucketful of stars across the black tarpaulin
Light
If I were to be ever be here I would see this
Bee Dance
You zoomed in on the screen, in the mist of Shillong and colored the studio green.
Touching
While hiking in the wild I picked it up on the trail Hard like a diamond Sleek like a mirror
The Man Who Wrote Words in the Dust
Spent his life hunched over, carving symbols with a bleeding hand. Every night the same dream – an open sky and a doorway with no key.