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Will you? leave me she asked and I answered will you? Leave? Us? the partings the ones that refuse to tear sundering our leavetaking unbearable waves that threatenpromise to drown forgetting easier easier than unlearning our loving learning learning to unlove again to tip toe into hearts made different...
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What drives an audience’s fascination with psychopaths? Why do characters who are completely devoid of empathy, like Hannibal Lecter or Dexter, command our attention? A panel discussion featuring British author Araminta Hall and Egyptian novelist Mirna Al-Mahdi delved into these questions at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF...
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Rahman Abbas is the winner of India’s highest literary award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, for his fourth novel, Rohzin in 2018. He is the author of eleven books, including seven novels. Rahman has also won four State Akademi Awards. His writings have been translated into English, German, French, Hindi, and discussed in...
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The scent of a freshly bought book – crisp pages, glossy sheen, fascinating design and if it’s a hard cover – even better! Whether it comes in the mail or you buy from a bookshop, the anticipation and excitement of flitting off to realms beyond for an avid reader...
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Regurgitate… There’s nothing left Heave… High Thump… Loud Retch! Wretch Retch Nothing left to spew Pause Heave Heave Regurgitate There is… emptiness to spew Ebony blues Purple hues Poke and prick No space is left Continue Continue Day1, Day 2, Day 3 And on …and on … and on…...
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Close your eyes Do not sleep to flit off to realms unknown dark dreary shallow And steep Languish… trapped Never getting out? Getting up… an ordeal (wished devoutly) “Lie down… sleep” Languish… in your midnight dreams Sweet Saccharine Delusional dreams A prison Imprisoned Opium eater…. Tranquility?...
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World Literature Today (WLT) in collaboration with Ananke will cohost a special event to showcase WLT’s latest city issue, “Delhi in the Anthropocene,” guest-edited by Amit R. Baishya. The conversation will be held digitally on June 30th, 2025. The webinar — which begins at 10:00am EDTin the US, at 6.00pm...
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What is your go to poison? Choose… wisely!! Wisely? A pill… bitter to swallow? Death It is easy Coy even Playing hide and seek Or so it seems Playing hard to get Silence, sleep… Perhaps that is all that I seek? Death It is no enemy Aloof, indeed, untouchable...
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Originally a European lore, myth and story, vampires have long held great fascination all around the world. While a huge number of literary and cinematic iterations vis-a-vis the blood sucking monster originating from Europe explored themes of love, obsession as well as the notions of East versus West, otherness...
Will you? leave me she asked and I answered will you? Leave? Us? the partings the ones that refuse to tear sundering our leavetaking unbearable waves that threatenpromise to drown forgetting easier easier than unlearning our loving learning learning to unlove again to tip toe into hearts made different...
What drives an audience’s fascination with psychopaths? Why do characters who are completely devoid of empathy, like Hannibal Lecter or Dexter, command our attention? A panel discussion featuring British author Araminta Hall and Egyptian novelist Mirna Al-Mahdi delved into these questions at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF...
Rahman Abbas is the winner of India’s highest literary award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, for his fourth novel, Rohzin in 2018. He is the author of eleven books, including seven novels. Rahman has also won four State Akademi Awards. His writings have been translated into English, German, French, Hindi, and discussed in...
The scent of a freshly bought book – crisp pages, glossy sheen, fascinating design and if it’s a hard cover – even better! Whether it comes in the mail or you buy from a bookshop, the anticipation and excitement of flitting off to realms beyond for an avid reader...
Regurgitate… There’s nothing left Heave… High Thump… Loud Retch! Wretch Retch Nothing left to spew Pause Heave Heave Regurgitate There is… emptiness to spew Ebony blues Purple hues Poke and prick No space is left Continue Continue Day1, Day 2, Day 3 And on …and on … and on…...
Close your eyes Do not sleep to flit off to realms unknown dark dreary shallow And steep Languish… trapped Never getting out? Getting up… an ordeal (wished devoutly) “Lie down… sleep” Languish… in your midnight dreams Sweet Saccharine Delusional dreams A prison Imprisoned Opium eater…. Tranquility?...
World Literature Today (WLT) in collaboration with Ananke will cohost a special event to showcase WLT’s latest city issue, “Delhi in the Anthropocene,” guest-edited by Amit R. Baishya. The conversation will be held digitally on June 30th, 2025. The webinar — which begins at 10:00am EDTin the US, at 6.00pm...
What is your go to poison? Choose… wisely!! Wisely? A pill… bitter to swallow? Death It is easy Coy even Playing hide and seek Or so it seems Playing hard to get Silence, sleep… Perhaps that is all that I seek? Death It is no enemy Aloof, indeed, untouchable...
Originally a European lore, myth and story, vampires have long held great fascination all around the world. While a huge number of literary and cinematic iterations vis-a-vis the blood sucking monster originating from Europe explored themes of love, obsession as well as the notions of East versus West, otherness...
