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I had barely removed my shoes, washed my face, hands, and accepted the cup of chai from my mother when she announced: Raj-uncle died today. Savoring the chai, I tried to put a face to the name. ...

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Anil Menon

ANIL MENON’s most recent work Half Of What I Say (Bloomsbury, 2015) was shortlisted for the 2016 Hindu Literary Award. Along with Vandana Singh, he co-edited Breaking the Bow (Zubaan Books, 2012), an international anthology of short fiction inspired by the Ramayana. His debut novel The Beast With Nine Billion Feet (Zubaan Books, India) was shortlisted for the 2010 Vodafone-Crossword Children's Fiction Award and the 2010 Carl Baxter Society’s Parallax Prize. His short fiction has appeared in a variety of international magazines including Albedo One, Interzone, Interfictions, Jaggery Lit Review, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, and Strange Horizons. His stories have been translated into more than a dozen languages including Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hebrew, Igbo, Korean, and Romanian. In 2016, he helped found the residential Dum Pukht Writers Workshop, held annually at the Adishakti Theatre Complex in Pondicherry. He is currently working on a collection of short fiction. He splits his time between India and the USA and can be reached at [email protected].

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    Karansinha Patil
    27 January 2019
    Okay, what did I just read? It's tough to judge something when you have no idea what point's being made, but it is always frightening, in a sense, to read about accounts of people dying in such an accepting manner. Somehow, I can't see it happening, and so I am intrigued. Scared, but intrigued. Very nice.
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    Archana Nair
    13 December 2018
    I keep re-reading this. It's the perfect amount of funny and witty, yet warm.
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    Tapan Mozumdar
    14 December 2018
    Seems like my own story, or like me, of many others. A familiar territory approached in Anil's inimitable style. Liked the pace.
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    Karansinha Patil
    27 January 2019
    Okay, what did I just read? It's tough to judge something when you have no idea what point's being made, but it is always frightening, in a sense, to read about accounts of people dying in such an accepting manner. Somehow, I can't see it happening, and so I am intrigued. Scared, but intrigued. Very nice.
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    Archana Nair
    13 December 2018
    I keep re-reading this. It's the perfect amount of funny and witty, yet warm.
  • author
    Tapan Mozumdar
    14 December 2018
    Seems like my own story, or like me, of many others. A familiar territory approached in Anil's inimitable style. Liked the pace.