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    May 31, 2024

    Excerpt from The Enclave by Rohit Manchanda

    Maya, the protagonist of The Enclave, leads a freewheeling, spirited life in the

    byRohit Manchanda
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    Excerpt from Love in the Time of Hate by Dr Rakhshanda Jalil

    Perhaps no other Urdu poet has written as much on food as Nazeer Akbarabadi, who

    byDr Rakhshanda Jalil
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    May 31, 2024

    Excerpt from Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada by Shahu Patole, Bhushan Korgaonkar

    Why did beef and pork become part of the diet of only these communities?

    byBhushan KorgaonkarandbyShahu Patole
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    May 31, 2024

    Excerpt from The Keeper of Desolation by Chandan Pandey and Sayari Debnath

    One day, my daughter handed me a form

    byChandan PandeyandbySayari Debnath
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    May 31, 2024

    Excerpt from The Book of Chai by Mira Manek

    If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if

    byMira Manek
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    Excerpt from Softly We Fall by Megan Dhakshini

    It is your thrust that shakes me; Your arrogant command

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    May 31, 2024

    When Existence Itself Becomes a Conspiracy by Apoorvanand, CCG

    permeating me time takes shape time chisels the form of space and this form

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