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A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 1): The Night Journey
Chapter 1: The Night Journey The applause had died hours ago, but its echo lingered in the empty auditorium like dust settling after a storm. The cri...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 2): The Dream of Cards and Dice
Chapter 2: The Dream of Cards and Dice The bus station materialized around him at dusk, though he could not remember the journey there. The familiar ...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 3): The Arithmetic of Exhaustion
Chapter 3: The Arithmetic of Exhaustion Kaurav found himself calculating the days like a prisoner marking time on a cell wall. January 3rd had been t...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 4): The Question Without Answer
Chapter 4: The Question Without Answer The discomfort had lasted for hours after that first viewing, a persistent ache like hunger or homesickness. A...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 5): The Weight of Names
Chapter 5: The Weight of Names The bus swayed through the Karnataka night, and Kaurav found himself thinking of that evening two years ago when every...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 6): The Thousand Books
Chapter 6: The Thousand Books The memory of that first lunch came to him now as the bus climbed through the Ghats. Roni-da had listened to his poems ...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 7): The Plural Self
Chapter 7: The Plural Self The name had revealed itself to him gradually, like a photograph developing in solution. Kaurav was not singular but plura...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 8): The Red Sticker
Chapter 8: The Red Sticker The phone call had come sixteen days later, as Kaurav sat at lunch in Bangabhavan, Delhi. On the television screen above t...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 9): The Silent Grandfather
Chapter 9: The Silent Grandfather The bus wheels hummed against asphalt, and Kaurav found himself thinking of his grandfather's silence. During the S...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 10): Hansadhwani at Two AM
Chapter 10: Hansadhwani at Two AM Kaurav belonged to the first generation of this millennium to witness revolution centered on agricultural land. His...
A Memoir of Kaurav (Chapter 11): The Director's Card
Chapter 11: The Director's Card The applause had died away, but Kaurav remained on stage, holding Ishit's card between his fingers. The weight of it ...