Tales From An Unfamiliar Nation

01/02/2021

Our latest story is up on the website!
Matilda House
by Priyan R. Naik

Inspired by the several impressive Portuguese bungalows that abut the streets of Goa, and written by a frequent contributor to the op eds, Matilda House melds traditional haunted house stories with a perspective on post-colonial nationalism.

We are also moving away from a monthly model to a more rolling cadence. We will now publish stories as per our submissions intake.

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24/01/2021

One of our readers shared this Shiva Ramdas story with us. In it we find another fantastical rendition of 1943 Bengal in "And Now His Lordship is Laughing."

He’s still dancing away happily even as the doll kicks its feet in perfect unison with his. Apa watches them both, her heart now sowing fields without a thought for the reaping.

03/01/2021

Happy end of 2020, everyone! Our story for January is up on the website.

The Otherers
by Mydhili Varma

A mother navigates an apocalypse, with a desi flavor (sometimes literally.)

A mother survives after an apocalypse. A seemingly old story, but told with a (sometimes literal) desi flavor.

02/12/2020

Our story for December is up on the site!

Cornucopia, by Ashwin Mudigonda

Ashwin Mudigonda is an Oakland-based novelist who dabbles with robots during the day. His first collection of short stories - Pleasant Days - was well-received in India. His most recent novel - The Ta***ic Exorcist - is a supernatural possession thriller set in Chennai and draws from the ancient Ta***ic traditions

Ashwin Mudigonda

01/11/2020

Our latest story is uploaded on the website!

A Bottle Of Water, by Vikram K. Sundaram

The story of an Indian American estranged from his parents' homeland who discovers his deeper connection to his father and grandfather.

Vikram K. Sundaram is a writer and physician living in New York City. He studied fiction and poetry in college, and has had several poems published in online magazines.

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19/10/2020

As we cue up a new story for next month, trying something different.

Have you read Vandana Singh's Cry of the Kharchal? It's an old story of hers, set in Rajasthan and centered around a bird that, as the story informs us, was once a serious candidate for the national bird of India.

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01/10/2020

Symmetry
By Nileena S.

A story inspired by a legend of the orientalist fashion, started the French traveler Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, and very much in line with what you have seen about this page.

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29/09/2020

Another upcoming story for October 1, this one by Nileena S. This story circles around one of South Asia's most beloved monuments.

01/09/2020

Our story for September is updated on the website!

Taking Stock, by Pallavi Rao

The story is an alt-history inspired by the persisting colonial hangover that haunts modern-day India, despite the country's tiitanic freedom struggle, ambitious Constitution and deep, sometimes problematic love, for for its own roots.

Pallavi Rao is a financial journalist based in Mumbai, India. Her fascination with the stock market, the economy and all things business began when her father dragged her to a mutual fund seminar that served excellent hors d'oeuvres. She is currently attending grad school at the University of British Columbia.

A young journalist reports on a familiar brother-against-brother corporate war in a Bombay where the British never left.

31/08/2020

New story coming soon!

Taking Stock by Pallavi Rao. A young journalist reports on a familiar brother-against-brother corporate war in a Bombay where the British never left

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31/07/2020

Brand new story, as promised!
Liar Bird, by Azania I. Patel

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Centered around Mumbai's often forgotten Japanese Cemetery, Azania I Patel’s ‘Liar Bird’ ponders upon what it means to be haunted.

27/06/2020

Thank you all for your interest so far. We are still looking for the next round of stories, so don't hesitate to submit or write in with any clarifications.

In the meantime here is another story from our archives, inspired by a tale you may be familiar

Modernity throws a wrench into two stories borrowed from the Hindu epic Mahabharata

22/06/2020

This story of a 1940s-Bengal-that-wasn't was written as a response to the dirty little secrets that standard history books gloss over.

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Harihar and his family take on starvation and dragons in this journey through a 1940s Bengal that never was.