Sunny Singh's Writings
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Essay
Jul.10.2012
Uppsala University's Orientala Suecana journal
With its rich semantic texture and evocative imagery Sunny Singh’s short story A Cup Full of Jasmine Oil invites various readings. The story tells how a young girl is both attracted and confused when her grandmother’s neighbor, who lives in a lesbian relationship, massages her skull and oils her curly hair. When the grandmother at one point forbids the...
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Short Story
Nov.16.2008
Days of Innocence: Stories for Ruskin Bond; New Delhi: Roli Books
Death came silently, frequently, to the little town in the mountains. And it always chose the men. They would go away on mysterious journeys, on “operations”, carrying olive-green rucksacks, and holding rifles black and glistening with oil like a school-girl´s plaits. Fingers caressed prayer beads, lips moved soundlessly over the sacred words, and eyes looked...
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Short Story
Oct.27.2008
The Drawbridge, Issue 10, Autumn 2008
The trouble began when JP and I met Lucy, and I suppose he and I should feel responsible for what followed. But frankly if it hadn’t been for the dead attaché, we wouldn’t have met her, we wouldn’t have become friends, and she would have gone on to one of those posh colleges and married some rich bastard as the rest of her sort do. But you know something? I sure...
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Article
Jul.15.2008
El Pais, Spain
Como ciudadana de una república, la idea de recibir honores reales me resulta un poco anticuada. Más aún, es evidente que la idea de que un escritor postcolonial como Salman Rushdie acepte una condecoración del "imperio" suscita dudas sobre la sinceridad de sus escritos antiimperialistas. Por tanto, no puedo decir que me alegrara demasiado saber que...
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Short Story
Jul.15.2008
The Drawbridge, Issue 8, Spring 2008
When the soldiers came to the village, I was playing at the well, just where the fields begin, trying to wait till the sun disappeared behind the trees before going home. Of course, Amma would scold when I returned. "One day a ghost will get you. Don't you know they look for young girls like you? And just at the time when the sun is going away," she...
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You can give away everything but your memories. ”
—With Krishna's Eyes
About Sunny
SUNNY SINGH was born in Varanasi, India, and grew up in various parts of the world. Her first novel – Nani's Book of Suicides – was first published by Harper Collins India Pvt Ltd in 2000 and described as a "first novel of rare scope and power." The Spanish...
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Causes Sunny Singh Supports
Save the Chiru: www.shahtoosh.com
Sunny’s Favorite Books
A tough one this: Dante is a start! He's my personal guru! Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children completely set my imagination afire as a teenager. After that...