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The Margin
Personal, precise, and unafraid. Essays written from the margins of culture, identity, and the examined life.
The Margin Essays
Personal, precise, and unafraid. Essays written from the margins of culture, identity, and the examined life.
The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant: The Last Line That Changes Everything
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant was published in 1884. It takes about fifteen minutes to read. The last line takes considerably…
Read essay →What I Learnt from a Bus Driver in Scotland
What I learnt from a bus driver in Scotland was not something I had packed for, and I had packed for almost…
Read essay →Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: Tv Show of the Week
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen Netflix review: eight episodes of a feeling that has no name. It dropped on Netflix…
Read essay →What I Learnt from a Cab Driver in London
What I learnt from a cab driver in London is probably something not many people have even if they are frequent passengers…
Read essay →The Tiger in the Tunnel by Ruskin Bond: The Story About What Fathers Leave Behind
The Tiger in the Tunnel by Ruskin Bond is not really about a tiger. You suspected this the first time you read…
Read essay →What I Learnt from My Kurdish Barber in London
What I learnt from my barber in London is something I realised only after the haircut was done and when I was…
Read essay →An Astrologers Day by Rk Narayan: The Con Man Who Told the Truth
An Astrologer’s Day by RK Narayan is a story about a fraud. A man who knows nothing about the stars. Who cannot…
Read essay →The Sniper by Liam O’flaherty: The Last Line That Changes Everything
The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty is not a long story. You can read it in eight minutes. Maybe ten if you pause…
Read essay →Tagore’s the Postmaster: A Story About Being Left Behind
The Postmaster by Rabindranath Tagore is twelve pages long. Twelve pages. Written in 1891. And yet here you are, years after Class…
Read essay →Why South Asian Parents Don’t Say I Love You
Why South Asian parents don’t say I love you is one of those questions that gets asked in hushed tones, usually between…
Read essay →What the iPod Nano Reveals About How We Listen Now
The Ipod nano review, the device still turns on. That is the first surprise. A thin rectangle pulled from a drawer, screen…
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