by Devjani Bodepudi | Oct 7, 2016 | poetry
“The sea is two faced,” he said, fastening the orange life jacket to his chest. “Hunger is eating our stomachs,” she said, wrapping her phone in plastic. “They call it the Aleppo sling in the market where we sit...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Jul 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
The legend of the Broom Tree is featured in the Tale of Genji, a Japanese epic of sorts, famed for being the first modern novel ever written, and by a woman, no less, called Murasaki Shikibu in the… Source: Kytö and the Broom Tree
by Devjani Bodepudi | Jul 23, 2016 | Uncategorized, writing
There is something strange, eerie about having started a book. I have begun a story and Suva and Kytö are right in the middle of things, but I’ve left them in their worlds, frozen. I wonder if they continue without me or if they’re waiting. I imagine they’re waiting...
by Devjani Bodepudi | Jun 26, 2016 | Travel
The beaches in Bali can have black sands; Hot volcanic ash glitters and gleams as galaxies float underfoot. Rattan basket offerings litter the views where small gods eat and run. They might stay a little longer and linger In the temples where tourists can only defile....
by Devjani Bodepudi | Jun 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
The night we arrived, we were too tired to think about what we had done. We were too relieved to worry about the cold. We collapsed into our beds in my mother’s house and slept as if we had truly been laid to rest. Then, at 4am, the sun started to rise and our eyes...
