5 short Diwali stories
November 4, 2021 2:29 PM   Subscribe

By Iona Datt Sharma (previously on Diwali): "Light and fire: five stories for Diwali (2018)", a collection of miniature stories for the festival.
posted by brainwane (3 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
And! New for this year: an audio version of Datt Sharma's Diwali story "Heard, Half-Heard, in the Stillness" [per the "previously"]!

Happy Diwali/Deepavali, everyone!
posted by brainwane at 2:43 PM on November 4, 2021 [1 favorite]


Happy Diwali, brainwane! Thank you (as always) for the stories.

Somehow I missed that the first one was labeled (part 1) and I was surprised and delighted to get part 2 as well!
posted by fussbudget at 7:21 PM on November 4, 2021


I really enjoyed these. The matter of fact tone combines really well with the vivid imagery, but…. I just can’t believe a crow would fall for such a frivolous thing as a hoopoe. After 5 minutes of conversation, the craw would be “caw? more like nah!”
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:00 AM on November 5, 2021


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