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Ghachar Ghochar
Vivek Shanbhag
Translated by Srinath Perur
‘That single moment’s intensity hasn’t been matched in my life before or since. A woman who I didn’t know has chosen to accept me, in body and mind.’
Granta 166: Generations Online
Generation Gap
‘We meet at various points in the great swathes of the past that neither of us were alive to witness.’
Allen Bratton on a daytrip to a castle with his older boyfriend.
Generation Gap
‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’
Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.
Generation Gap
‘I’d been dubious about his company at first.’
Sarah Moss on watching Shakespeare with her twelve-year-old son.
Generation Gap
‘She didn’t trust us because, to her, tenants were like children.’
Kate Zambreno on negotiating with her older landlady.
Generation Gap
‘A moment now swallowed in embarrassment, I asked a question only a young person might ask an older one.’
Lynne Tillman on trying to understand what makes a generation.
Vivek Shanbhag
Vivek Shanbhag is the author of five story collections, two plays and three novels, including Ooru Bhanga (Hometown Breaks). He is an engineer by training and lives in Bengaluru.
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Srinath Perur translates from the Kannada and is the author of the travelogue If It's Monday It Must Be Madurai. He lives in Bengaluru.
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