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Literature
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Short Story
The Thakur's Well
Jokhu brought the lota to his mouth but the water smelled foul. He said to Gangi, 'What kind of water is this? It stinks so much I can't drink it! My throat's burning and you give me water that's turned bad.'
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Letter From Hiroshima
On karabi and the politics of peace
I was waiting for Tetsuya's call. He did call me, but not for Hiroshima Day on August 6. Instead he invited me to an open-air concert that took place on 30th July in observance of the same occasion.
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Book Review
Scalp scorching
Anurag Mathur is an established, published writer of prose. His first book was the funny, best-selling The Inscrutable Americans, followed by Making the Minister Smile.
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Into the desolate depths above
(For Akhtaruzzaman Elias)
"Some deaths are light, like a bird's feathers
and some others are heavy, like the Siamese highlands.
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