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Winner of the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize and a Charles Pick Fellowship, Avni Doshi is the author of the upcoming literary fiction, Girl in White Cotton. Born in New Jersey, Avni completed her BA in art history from Barnard College and her MA in the history of art from University College

Karna’s heart was filled with gratitude and awe at seeing his lord in person. He was tempted to rush and fall at his feet, but all he could do was stand and stare. He did not dare touch the light. His hands folded in namaskar automatically as he looked at

I visited Abba and Ammi and my sisters regularly, at least three or four times a year, but the squabbling continued during the visits. What did the old man want to tell me now? I wondered, because it wasn’t in his nature to apologize to one of his children. ‘What?’

PRAHLAD Death was all around him. He was in his battle fort, watching his men, thousands of them, dying at the hands of the Tribals – Vanars, Yakshas and Nagas. Blood was spilled, heads were severed and limbs were torn off. Prahlad knew that, at fifteen, he was too young

Chapter 2 ‘Sounds exciting, but I have a project delivery scheduled during that time,’ a voice said. ‘Great idea! However, I got back from a family vacation just last month. Another vacation in six months looks really difficult,’ followed another. The third one pitched in. ‘This would have been so