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BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE “The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words,” quoted William H. Gass. In Girar (Spanish

Cover Photo: L to R: Veena Rao, Cindy Rasicot, Anniqua Rana, and Judith Teitelman BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Atlanta, GA, April 8, 2021: Four different female protagonists embark on a path to self-discovery to eventually discover their sanctuaries.

As the world moves on after expressing outrage, what happens to the rape victims who are left to fend for themselves in an apathetic society

BY VEENA RAO* Indian American author Nev March’s debut novel, Murder in Old Bombay, is the winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) When Indian American writer Sini Panicker, a trained chemist who is a heroin profiler for the US government, began her research

BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI  A prolific artist if there was one, Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), who was closely related to the royal family of Travancore in

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Cine goers will long remember the veteran actor Sanjeev Kumar in movies like “Sholay”, “Dastak”, “Koshish” (for both of which he

BY SIDDHI JAIN Indian-origin novelist and Booker Prize nominee Avni Doshi, who is a speaker at the Jaipur Literature Festival, says that she had to abandon many

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) In the village of Great Wyrley near Birmingham, someone is mutilating horses. Someone is also sending threatening letters to the vicarage,

New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) “Raj & Norah” is not only a thrilling account of love found, lost and reclaimed in the midst of World War