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Sunaina Patnaik

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Fiction, Poetry, Travel

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Vikram Seth, Hayao Miyazaki, Jhumpa Lahiri

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Sunaina is a marketing professional in tech and a writer from India who mostly writes about internet trends. As a writer of fiction, she writes short stories and poetry.

Her writing explores vulnerability, loss, healing, and self-love. Warm Delinquencies is her debut collection of poetry and writing about matters of the heart.

She blogs at www.sunainapatnaik.com

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So, Nike opened a soup shop?

Forget the energy gel and the iced recovery drink. In Ersha Island, China, the ultimate runner’s fuel wears the “Swoosh,” and comes steaming hot, served on a red stool. Welcome to Songyuan, where Nike turns tradition into post-run triumph.

Serving traditional Cantonese herbal soups with ingredients like dried tangerine peel, bitter melon, and dates — this pop-up shop is perhaps the most on-bran

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Bahrisons: Chronicle of a Bookshop

by Anuj Bahri

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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

by Banu Mushtaq

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The Japanese Wife

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