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Short stories by Tanuj Solanki

Ash and Smoke (short story) - Part 4
“… here she was, raising a man while the other man, who should, ideally, have shared half the load, stayed far away and chose between control, absence…
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Ash and Smoke (short story) - Part 3
“The brevity of the message enraged Madhu, and she sent a long message to Sanjay, even giving vent to the idea that she had jostled with many times…
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Ash and Smoke (short story) - Part 2
“… but for women like her—late thirties, wearing a chikan kurta, driving a Micra, teenage son alongside—buying cigarettes could create a little grenade…
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Ash and Smoke (short story) - Part 1
“… the pattern of their marriage was so set that it needed no comment or deliberation. They were what they were: a couple decoupled from inception.“
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The Whole World Now
Two days back, I read a Samuel Beckett short story, For to End Yet Again. The term ‘short story’ may not actually apply readily to it; and whatever it…
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The Same Story through the Framework of a Grand Kaleidoscope (short story)
"And... look, there, at that external thought or simile inside the room, hovering near the ceiling. There, just below the lethargic ceiling fan…
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Conrad in Calcutta (a short story)
"Mr. Konrad, Józef, have you considered the possibility of a white man who will never be the captor, the master, the colonist? Of your own possibility?"
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A Free Kick In A Dangerous Position (short story)
"Ranjan used my life’s meaninglessness to convince me to watch football with him."
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The Art of Fiction in the First Year of the Pandemic (short story)
"He had been shot in the eye and there was no way for the police to deny it..."
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Odd Time (a short story)
"... and so now here again feeling homesick but so while at home."
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Circular Movement (a very short story)
"I wanted Bhuri the bitch sent to Agra or Bareilly."
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REPETITION (a short story)
"The 'always' of memory differs from the 'always' of reality. It is the more definitive 'always' of the two."
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