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The Wrong Square
Neel Mukherjee
‘Something as fundamental to intelligence as counting was eluding him.’
Her Lousy Shoes
Tracy O’Neill
‘On good days, he could believe that that was exactly what he appeared to be: pedestrian, a pedestrian, a walker, walking, going places, on the ups, possessing two healthy feet at least.’
Dreamed in Stone
Jon Fosse
‘You were a chasm that cracked and turned into stones, and then the stones lay there, beautifully laid, in a wall.’
Honk Honk to Udvada
Chandrahas Choudhury
‘Oh Uncle, it’s such a historical day,’ said Zahra. ‘The eight hundredth anniversary of our arrival in India after we faced so much persecution in Iran, and we’re going to such a big bash, and all you can think about is emus. What will Dr Billimoria think of our family?’
In Conversation: Pankaj Mishra and Aman Sethi
Pankaj Mishra & Aman Sethi
‘It is India’s turn to undergo social traumas that other countries have suffered in their pursuit of wealth and power.’
Evie Wyld | Five Things Right Now
Evie Wyld
Evie Wyld shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about.
Anjali Joseph | First Sentence
Anjali Joseph
‘I kept returning to the Beckett stories, a favourite since I came upon them in my late teens.’
Release the Darkness to New Lichen
Peter Gizzi
‘was it wind or a creature / am I here or is it over’
The Foreign Correspondent
Pallavi Aiyar
‘The absence of Indian foreign correspondents was, and is, unexceptional.’
Performance Art
Manjula Padmanabhan
‘A single pod of cardamom! Was that enough? To flavour an entire life’s pot of time?’
Fatima Bhutto | My Other Thing
Fatima Bhutto
‘If you happen to be friends with one of the world’s most fearsome food critics, don’t cook for him.’
