Category: Personal Essay
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‘A Silent Cultural Genocide’ by Debashis Chakraborty
Sourish will speak no more.But the pen will.His shadow will.His memory will continue to speak.Sourish is everywhere now. Yet he will never again sit beside me and read a story.…
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‘On Being a Debut Author’ by Shivangi Gajwani Jain
A strange quiet has settled in since the book left my hands. I am agented now and my debut novel is on submission. This is the good part, isn’t it?…
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Why Heart Lamp’s Win at the 2025 International Booker Prize Matters: On the Need to Read and Champion Translated and Regional Literature
“Like most of us, I don’t read translated fiction to learn another language!” The white male Booktuber angrily announced to the world in his ‘book review’ of Heart Lamp. His…
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‘The Need for Scholarship’ by Tanvi Kusum
The prompt beckons me to lay down my struggles in a candid manner in order to win the scholarship, similar to an overly enthusiastic first date who needles you for…
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‘Wild and the City: Blurring Boundaries’ by Agnibarathi
Every time I hear news about leopards, bears, and elephants “encroaching” into apartments, gated communities, and other urban human settlements, I am drawn to a couple of childhood memories. I…
