The Sixth Bowl
by Pema Dolkar Bhutia
Every winter night in Lachen, Ama set one bowl more than there were people. The Delhi cousins thought it was sweet. Then one of them ate from it.
Nov 1, 2026Tag
Ritual
5 writings
Rosewater
by Shirin Golzari Navab
Born in Shiraz, living in Dubai: a woman pours her grandmother's rosewater on a lover's wrists and turns an old ritual into something new.
Oct 29, 2026
The Gong That Must Be Fed
by Wulan Sasmitaningrum
The old gong came to our workshop with one instruction, written in pencil on the crate: every Thursday night, flowers and incense. Do not forget. I forgot.
Oct 25, 2026
Fourteen Dots
by Kavya Raghunathan
Home in Mylapore to sell my grandmother's house, I left her doorstep bare after sixty years of kolams. The neighbours noticed. So did whatever counts the dots.
Oct 24, 2026
The Wake at Keaveney’s Cross
by Siobhán Keaveney
Three nights of tea, ham sandwiches and the rosary in a Mayo farmhouse. The clocks are stopped, the mirrors covered, the window open. Conor thinks it's theatre.
Oct 24, 2026