Writers & "Truth Regimes"

Writers & “Truth Regimes”

Cheriyan Alexander writes about intolerant regimes that hound writers/artists from time to time and on the role of scriptures in the history of religious intolerance.

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Dora Bruder/The Search Warrant by Patrick Modiano

Dora Bruder/The Search Warrant by Patrick Modiano

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.

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The Old Suitcase

The Old Suitcase

“Here take this”, Radha plonked a big old VIP suitcase in front of me, “one of the locks is broken, but I don’t think that…

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Fly Girl

Fly Girl

I haven’t thought about her in two days. Guilt guiding my feet, I climb the rickety wooden ladder to the attic, wipe the dust off…

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Music

Music

How do I express the god that’s gone
seemingly forever into darkness?

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The Streets of Paris

The Streets of Paris

Bare-breasted nymphs with six arms or more:
A model, a pageant, a dancer and a whore,
Paraded before a kipa, a hijaab and a turban;

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Guava

Guava

Guava is not a fruit
but an Indian afternoon lingering red
in a summer adolescence

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