From Bali to New York, Dakar to Dili, Mexico to Mumbai, stories in this collection portray endurance and celebrate ingenuity through vivid narratives and vibrant plots.
-A talented actor from Harlem in search of her roots and learns a lot more than she ever hoped for, while on a trip to Belize.
-A small-town dancer from Michigan braves challenges in New York City in a bid to establish her gender identity.
-A feisty schoolg
Mark Twain, in his essay ”the Awful German language”, wrote that a person who has not studied German can form no idea of what a perplexing language it is. He found that in German, a young lady had no sex, while a turnip had. Think what high-strung reverence that shows for the turnip, and Read More...
Inspector Janardhan banged the phone on his weathered wooden desk. Constable Sonu Kutty stood in attention at one corner, with his oiled moustache and upright shoulders, watching him warily. A ceiling fan whirred petulantly overhead. Inspector Janardhan's mood had worsened after a conver Read More...