Arvind Radhakrishnan & Suhail Rasheed catches up with T S Shanbhag, the owner of Premier Book Shop, for a candid chat
Cheriyan Alexander’s recollection from a personal journey of reading and collecting books
Fehmida Zakeer reads the poem Batik Maker by Virginia Moreno, a celebrated writer from Philippines
Sometimes, while grabbing coffee or during her lunch break, Kate would twist her wedding ring off and sit at a table by the door, watching…
The phone rings like it always does and Kate answers it like she always does. She turns her freckled face in my direction and glances…
First was the light. It grew from beneath the eave of the porch as the fluorescents flashed to life. She waved the moths away as…
I am forced to catalog these collisions. Exquisite
explosions of potential flow through me…
She lies upon the sheets
and bifurcates the whiteness
with the sheer black of her body
the heaving of her body
Now how smooth is that, I say,
wrapping my hands around her,
placing the apron gently over
her head as she chops onions
Every month, The Reading Room showcases a short story, or excerpts of a book, from some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen.