Morning Raga

Word from the Streets of Jayanagar

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

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The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch — Book Review

Book Review

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

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The Saga of an Unusual Friendship

The Saga of an Unusual Friendship

We sit at the open courtyard, around a small, round table in bamboo chairs gazing out at the passing heads. The garden would gift us…

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A Nilgai Deer in the City of Delhi

A Nilgai Deer in the City of Delhi

Between the high walland the roadwith six lines of trafficon a scrap of dried out soil under a dried up treea deer standsin the very…

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A Long Time Burning

A Long Time Burning

I thought about torching the place; finally, just burning the house, the barn, and the field to the ground. I longed to hear the wooden…

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Coming to grips with the sound of water

Coming to grips with the sound of water

I should live in Tucson or somewhere parched, with no water of its own, anyplace that can only provide me a few critical drops a…

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Narcos

Narcos

NPerhaps the blue ones would take her swimming in the cobalt waters, diving into the deep, deep ocean of oblivion, breathing water and narcotics instead…

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The Dormouse and The Wig

The Dormouse and The Wig

“These are strange and uncertain times,”said the dormouse        to the drag queen’s fallen wig.The stock market was acting up again        and overflowing its banksThe lords rode the…

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Some People Sleep a Lot Before They Die

Some People Sleep a Lot Before They Die

I’m looking at yougoing to look at flowersseated across in t r a i n s as the fields swim past usthe horses in their…

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Where We Meet

Where We Meet

In bed, in the dark, your fingers brush the jagged “x”that marks my damaged past.I flinch out of habit, force myselfto be completely naked with…

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