October 2025
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Contents
Footnotes to the Mahabharata by K. Srilata
Basudhara Roy reviews K. Srilata’s Footnotes to the Mahabharata.
Main Jab Tak Aai Baahar by Gagan Gill
Sudeep Ghosh reviews Gagan Gill’s Main Jab Tak Aai Baahar
Earthrise Stories: Pasts Potentials Prophecies by Priya Sarukkai Chabria
Kabir Deb reviews Priya Sarukkai Chabria’s Earthrise Stories: Pasts Potentials Prophecies
Dancing with Davie
The path was often muddy, you had to use roots for steps, and it led us out of the warm light that the barn breathed out.
Joshko and Mari
Branko was right, Agoston was never very prosperous. He was a blacksmith in the old country
Run Like A Wildfire
Just before dawn. Another blue sky turned orange. I burned through a neighborhood in Agoura Hills.
Harvestmen in the Wood
With dawn the rain abated, and as the boy unzipped and peeled back the tent’s door panel to survey the campsite
Internship
I nodded, looked out over the city, and thought that what Jake had just said was exactly what was wrong with white people.
Snow
To be fair, Fred does try to “improve” the bus. A few months ago, he installed a wooden stove in the middle of the aisle
The Difficulty Of Being Pujari Lal
Only when he passes Ms Kriti in the main corridor does Pujari Lal realize what had happened.
The Conductor And The Bear
Mark throttled off and let the train ease down to forty. There was nothing else to worry about for miles.