On the map of India, my hometown Bangalore sits in the southern projection of the Indian peninsula, equidistant from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, at the edge of the Deccan Plateau. We are landlocked, far...
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Usha K R
Usha K R (fiction writer; India) writes in English. Her novels are Sojourn (1998/EastWest Books), The Chosen (2003/Penguin India), A Girl and a River (2007/Penguin India, winner of the Vodafone Crossword Award 2007, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize), and Monkey-man (2010/Penguin India, shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012). She lives and works in Bangalore, India.
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Of the thirty-three crore or three hundred and thirty million gods and goddesses of Indian Hindu mythology, the most loved perhaps is Ganesha, especially by children. To begin with, there is his absurdly endearing... media_text
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Chapter 14 ‘Amma, must I come to Nallikai Swami’s?’ Nagaratna pleaded half-heartedly one last time. ‘I will... media_text
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Chapter 2 Section 3 Too late he remembered the gradient. The scooter bucked and spluttered, and a spasm of pain seized him, reminiscent of the morning, and he cursed afresh the planners of NR... media_text
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