“I’m a REAL Boy” by Clayton Koh

22 06 , 2018 No Comments
The idea of masculinity which dominates across societies around the world is that of a heterosexual male oozing testosterone. The moment a male shows signs
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Sarah Moon’s “Sparrow”

21 06 , 2018 No Comments
And then there it is, our new, terrible silent routine. And to top it off, I have no birds and the world feels like a
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Siddhesh Inamdar’s “The Story of a Long-Distance Marriage”

19 06 , 2018 No Comments
Instead of muddling up so many things in your head, why can’t you simply be with me? Here. In the moment.  Siddhesh Inamdar’s debut novel The
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Shandana Minhas’s “Rafina”

19 06 , 2018 No Comments
Shandana Minhas is a publisher and a writer. She established her independent publishing firm Mongrel Books recently. ( I interviewed her in 2017 for Bookwitty.) Rafina:A
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Clarification on painting supposedly depicting “Eid ka Chand”

17 06 , 2018 No Comments
  Publisher Indu Chandrasekhar posted this message on her Facebook page today saying: The painting [above], which seems to have been shared widely by several of
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Manu Pillai’s “Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji”

17 06 , 2018 No Comments
Award-winning writer Manu Pillai’s Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji makes the history of Deccan very accessible. It is a region of India that has
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An interview with Sam Cooney, Publisher, “The Lifted Brow”

17 06 , 2018 No Comments
The Lifted Brow is an Australian literary magazine which was established in 2007. In a very short time it has gone on to establish a formidable
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Eid Stories

16 06 , 2018 No Comments
Today is Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated after a month of Ramzan. Scholastic India published a slim collection of stories to celebrate the festival called Eid Stories. New
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DK Reference books for children

15 06 , 2018 No Comments
Quite often adults seek age appropriate non-fiction books for their children/students that will give authentic information. In the information age where plenty of free “content”
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Jane Harris’s “Sugar Money”

15 06 , 2018 No Comments
‘All those slave, the friars bought with borrowed money.’ ‘Who told you that?’ ‘Father Prudence, years agone. They took a loan from the French government
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