Anjana Appachana

About the Author

Born in Kodagu, India in 1972, Anjana Appachana was educated at Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Pennsylvania State University. Appachana moved to the United States in 1984 to attend Pennsylvania State University. She has not returned to live in India, speaking in interviews of the comparative difficulties a writer faces working there. After moving to the United States, Appachana received both an O. Henry Prize and a writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Appachana has written three books, Incantations and Other Stories, Listening Now, and Fear and Lovely. She currently lives in Arizona.

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Sharmaji

“Sharmaji” is set in and around an office in urban India where the protagonist, Sharma, works. Sharma arrives 45 minutes late for work; it is the 14th time he has been late this month. An argument ... view guide