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Creative Writing Critique (Satis Shroff): Fire in the Blood

Creative Writing Critique (Satis Shroff): FIRE IN THE BLOOD Review: Irene Nemirovsky Fire in the Blood, Vintage Books, London 2008, 153 pages, 7,99 Sterling Pounds (ISBN: 978-0-099-51609-5) Denise Epstein was 13 when her mother Irene Nemirovsky was deported to Auschwitz, where she eventually died in 1942. The daughter is now an octogenarian and was instrumental [...]

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  Memoir: Kathmandu Valley Legend (Satis Shroff)   “I have a strong interest in the legend of Manjushri,” said Fumio Yonechi, a geo-morphologist from Yamagata city, when I met him in Kathmandu a long time ago. We were talking about the origin of Kathmandu Valley, which is located in the lap of the Himalayas.   [...]

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  ‘Mom, I’ve received an invitation from Raj. I’m going to Germany!’   Saraswati’s mother, who had just finished her morning puja1 and meditation in her house-altar, and was carrying a copper plate with tika and other offerings, replied rather shocked, ‘Germany? Why on earth do you want to go to Germany? All those terrible [...]

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