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Two lives, one marriage, and the ethics of memory

India, April 11 -- There are marriages that end quietly, leaving behind only private wreckage. And there are marriages that end and become literature. Rajendra Yadav and Mannu Bhandari were once the ... Read More


Banaras changes, but its rhythm does not

India, March 28 -- I began writing this piece not at a desk, but in the afterglow of a conversation that refused to end. It was close to four in the morning in Varanasi. The city had fallen into a de... Read More


'Ghost-Eye' suggests that the modern world's crisis is not only environmental or political, but perceptual

India, March 8 -- There is something gently disconcerting about the opening movement of Ghost-Eye. A child asks for fish. The request is unremarkable, except that it occurs in a household where fish i... Read More