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Jairam C. Menon reflects on his early working life in Delhi, low wages, unexpected encounters and the choices that shaped his journey.Continue Reading

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This story portrays how menopause-related changes in intimacy affect a long-married couple, as Erik’s loneliness and temptation lead him to realise that honest communication and mutual understanding are essential to preserving their relationship.Continue Reading

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The wind off the Yukon plateau didn’t care about your grandfather’s legacy.It didn’t care that Kevin’s parents had built a life out of poured concrete in a borough inside Toronto’s Little Portugal, or that Kevin himself had a degree from U of T and a condo near Trinity Bellwoods thatContinue Reading

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You know what a lone wolf really is, Thomas?” Vasily looked at me, then paused. We were somewhere over the North Atlantic, the cabin lights of the Air Canada Dreamliner dimmed to a ghostly blue. He stared down into his empty plastic cup, his eyes a map of raw, unfilteredContinue Reading

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On maps, the ferry jetty was marked as a point from which people left. Maya had always thought it was the place where they arrived. She drove an Uber. Between rides she parked beneath the rain tree overlooking the water. The tea seller no longer asked what she wanted. HeContinue Reading