Blogs in September 2023

The Naked Don’t Fear the Water 1st September 2023

In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to flee his war-torn country, saying goodbye to Laila, the love of his life, without knowing when they might be reunited again. He is one...

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The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands 30th August 2023

Welcome aboard The Great Trans-Siberian Express. It is the end of the 19th Century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing so marvellous as the Wastelands: a terrain of terrible miracles that lies between Beijing...

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Under the Tamarind Tree 23rd August 2023

A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships. 1964 — Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena will lose her home — her parents’ safe haven since fleeing India and the terrors...

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Honor 23rd August 2023

Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena – a...

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In the Shadow of the Rising Sun 20th August 2023

In February 1942, nine-year-old Olga and her family were living in Malaysia when Singapore fell to the Japanese Imperial Army in the biggest defeat in history of the British Forces. Sent to the notorious Changi Prison, they suffered three...

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