![Van Goyen's A View of The Hague](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vangoyen-feature-470x140.jpg)
The Masters’ Gallery introduces selected art works of famous artists and a brief explanation on the context of the work.
![Colonial India and Genealogy At Sea](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/akhil-470x140.jpg)
Akhil Katyal explores how Amitav Ghosh plays with the concept of genealogy to give us an intricate history of colonialism in his 2008 novel ‘Sea of Poppies’.
![The Ambassador](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ambassador-470x140.jpg)
My father was my hero. When he was ten, he went into the cigar factory. He sat on a long bench. His father sat on…
![On the Morning He Was To Leave Mortalus](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mortalus-470x140.jpg)
On the morning he was to leave Mortalus for the drive south to California, while walking to the library to return three DVD’s starring Theresa…
![Clean Break](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cleanbreak-470x140.jpg)
Alessa wakes to the sound of bickering and with no idea where she is. There’s a television on somewhere and the bickering is just two…
![From the River Ravi](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/riverravi-470x140.jpg)
The river is hurt,
a toxic belly with bloated
minnows, lovers
dumped. I walk its cusp.
![Dance my Tsifteteli](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dance-470x140.jpg)
Boubouka dancing
in the middle of the small floor
her costume revealing bare legs
belly, shoulders and arms
![The Sport of Destiny by Friedrich Schiller](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/readingroom-470x140.jpg)
Every month, The Reading Room showcases a short story, or excerpts of a book, from some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen.