Arjun saw Naina’s name light up his phone for the fourth time as the train pulled away from Delhi. He turned the phone face down on the folding table beneath the window. Outside, porters and waving families gave way to evening sky as Delhi loosened its grip. The last thing Naina had said to him Read more…

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry review: Finding family between the shelves Some novels announce their intentions with a dramatic opening. Others slip quietly into your life and make themselves at home. Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry belongs to the latter kind. It begins with an irritable bookseller on a Read more…

The invitation came on a Tuesday — not through email or a message, but as a handwritten note tucked inside Mira’s old diary. The strange part wasn’t that the diary hadn’t been opened in years; it was that she didn’t remember putting anything inside it. The note was short. Just twelve words: You are invited Read more…