2200 words approx. EXCERPTED FROM DIGESTING INDIA—(published in the UK/US as “The Great Indian Food Trip”) by Zac O’Yeah ‘Welcome to Bihar,’ says the student who wants to shake my hand as soon as the train rolls into Patna Junction, the modern incarnation of Pataliputra, the once-upon-a-time headquarters of Mauryan civilisation. ‘I hope you’ll come […]
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Plants do not dream because they do not sleep, but birds dream: they dream about being eaten by larger birds, about being caged by humans, about flying so high they knock their heads against the base of heaven. Then they fly higher and turn into angels. They dream all that and when they wake up they think about worms and sometimes
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Included on this website by the Editor’s permission. Though the story was long-drawn, Vinayak-rao listened attentively and did not interrupt the lady. But he naturally wanted to understand how she ended up in her present state. It wasn’t too clear as yet, who she was visiting every night. So, he asked her point blank: “Where
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