An interview with popular author for children V Krapivin; an interview with Safeena Husain of Educate Girls; a humourous take on a first-time author's first lit fest! Plus a short Bhutan travelogue, an essay on coping with death, and plenty of short fiction and poetry!

The issue has an interesting selection of short fiction and poetry, an interview with author Shinie Antony, an essay on Hiroshima, an exploration of the idea of tragedy, and an essay on the historic attack on Travancore by Tipu Sultan.

Enjoy a great selection of short stories and poetry; essays on visits to north-east India and Yellowstone USA, and on the argumentative Indian. Plus, an interview with popular author Anuja Chauhan...

Short fiction and poetry
Writers in conversation: C K Meena and Nilanjan Choudhury
Glimpses of Kabul, and a Kerala tharavad
Book reviews, and more

An exciting selection of fiction and poetry; interviews with writer Manoj Das and cartoonist Grant Snider; essays on the bronzes of the Chola period and the riverfront life in Laos; experiences of the Alaskan Bears; reviews and more.

Interviews with DSC 2014 awardee Cyrus Mistry and artist Milind Mullick; selected essays, short fiction, poetry and book reviews.

In this issue, read about an unforgettable visit to Abu Simbel, Egypt, and another to the emerald isle of Sri Lanka; enjoy a variety of short stories ranging from contemplated infidelities to old memories and stubborn desires; browse a fine selection of poetry, our interview with theatre personality Vijay Padaki, and book reviews.

A great selection of fiction, and poetry. A sparkling Star Party on a 65th birthday; an essay on our dextrous ancient Sanskrit wordsmiths; interviews with writer Anuradha Vijayakrishnan and television personality Shailja Kejriwal.

Discover what a wood-carver did with a massive heap of bones in Kutna Hora; how music and mathematics compare; how a dancer wouldn\'t want to get up in the morning if she couldn\'t dance; what drives an artist to create a fresh image of Krishna every day, for years; how a writer might find creative satisfaction in translating another writer\'s work. And a fine selection of fiction & poetry!

Read about journeys to the Gambia on the trail of rare birds; trace the footsteps of the Buddha from Lumbini to Sarnath; catch up writer Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar in an interview; and enjoy the selection of short fiction and much more in this issue!

A crime / mystery special this time, full of exciting short stories, an interview with crime writer Lawrence Block, essays and reviews.

A wonderful selection of short fiction and verse; essays on Myanmar\'s Bagan, Africa\'s Rift Valley and the Alamo in Texas; pick up this new year issue and enjoy a happy hour of reading.

Read about magical Mandalay, the timeless appeal of the world\'s first \'blockbuster\', the muses of a famous painter, a conversation between two writers... and a host of exciting stories and poems!

Entertaining short fiction, thought-provoking poetry, essays on the glorious ruins of Hampi as also the temples of Kathmandu, and a free-wheeling discussion with author-playwright Shreekumar Varma.

Images from the island of a thousand temples; a wonderful selection of short fiction and poetry; an interview with the talented Anjum Hasan; a thought-provoking essay on the gender \'straitjacket\'; plus much more!

Beautiful photographs from Galapagos and an account of a Dhaka visit; a wonderful selection of short fiction and poetry, an interview with Mridula Koshy and much more await you in our latest issue.

Few will deny that love is as necessary to life as air. So the March issue brings you stories around love. Plus, we interview acclaimed author Jerry Pinto, and feature a Namibian journey, and stunning photo-essay on cultural icons.

Spain and its Moorish heritage come alive in this issue, as does the green state of Chhattisgarh. Anees Salim, who is having 4 novels published in rapid succession after a 2 decade wait, chats about his books. There is a fine selection of short fiction, verse and much more.

This issue brings you a fine selection of short fiction and verse, book reviews, an interview with Farahad Zama, and articles on Ruskin Bond\'s Mussoorie, Natural Farming, and the adventuring engineers of the early Indian Railways.

This issue brings you glimpses of multi-cultural Gangtok and exciting Masai Mara, an interview with film journalist Ashok Rane and a fresh selection of short fiction and poetry.

Includes a variety of articles - bird-watching, the Nile, mangroves, social change; several stories and poems; a conversation with Nirupama Subramanian and Amitabha Bagchi; reviews.

Themed around music, this issue carries articles on music traditions and personalities; wonderful stories / poetry too.

This issue brings you a varied selection of fiction, poetry and non-fiction from writers across the country.

In the first issue of 2012 we have an exciting mix. Writers from Sikkim to Pune, Kashmir to Kochi, even distant Berlin and Nairobi pack into these pages to give you an engrossing issue.

A wonderful selection of fiction and poetry, an interview with Ashwin Sanghi, a visit to Moscow, an essay on water, and on Ghalib\'s Dastambu.

Interesting stories, evocative poetry, an interview with Keki Daruwalla, memories of musicologist Dr. Ranade, a profile of NGO MAVA, a freelance writer\'s working life and much more ...

Monsoon stories, funny stories and tragic ones, poetry; essays on Juba, bicycle journeys, beers and borders; and an interview with Henning Mankell.

A wonderful selection of stories, poems, an interview with Kavery Nambisan, essays on Gallipolli, Lonar, Goa and simple living.

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