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Twelfth Fail: Hara Vahi Jo Lada Nahi

Praise for the Book   ‘Motivational and lucid! I believe this novel will inspire millions of youth to fulfil their…

3 years ago

The Exhumation: An Excerpt from ‘The View from Kollam’

The sun beat mercilessly down on the assembled crowd which had surrounded a house and its grounds. Over 300 people…

9 years ago

Flag Hoisting at the DC’s Bungalow

One of the drawbacks of studying at a boarding school is that one is condemned to rising at the crack…

9 years ago

Of Divorce and Income Certificates. An extract from ‘The View from Kollam’

‘We are not man and wife. We are divorced.’ This statement took me by surprise as the speaker was an…

9 years ago

The Census and the Merchant Ship – A chapter from ‘The View from Kollam’

The gangway was lowered in silence as the harbour launch that brought the collector, the DSP, his fellow officers, me…

9 years ago