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NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Matwaala, the pioneering South Asian diaspora poetry collective, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2025 with a full calendar of literary

THE WHODUNIT WANDERER, DR. MANJIRI PRABHU* The Message from the Hearts… I have always claimed that I have a connection with the destinations I write

BY MAHADEV DESAI The book just published by Dr. Bellamkonda K. Kishore, titled Naturalized US Citizen: Culture, Tradition, Integration, Loyalty, and Patriotism, with the subtitle

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Heart Lamp, a collection of 12 short stories by Indian author Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, has won

THE WHODUNIT WANDERER, DR. MANJIRI PRABHU* Google says a Hodophile is someone who loves to travel, a term derived from the Greek words “hodos” (path)

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Dr. Manjiri Prabhu, often hailed as the ‘Indian Agatha Christie,’ once again demonstrates her mastery of the mystery genre with The Grand

BY DR. MANJIRI PRABHU* It was the Runes and Runestones that took me to Sweden. And Rune Divination. I have claimed previously too that the

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Bengaluru, INDIA, February 28, 2025: Bengaluru-based writer and activist Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection Heart Lamp has made history by becoming