Archive - Whatay

Reflecting on the Color of My Skin

Jun 6, 2020

August 2018

It was two or three days into my holiday in Bologna with my family that I noticed the small marble plaque on the outside wall of the building abutting…

Aug 2, 2018

June 2018

Helicopters in the bathroom

Around 11 pm on the 15th of June 1990, my mother woke me up in the vigorous fashion that she used to.

Jun 16, 2018

The Toothpick Incident

Jun 8, 2018

July 2017

My new book is out soon.

Jul 10, 2017

March 2017

The family and I moved to Bromley, a suburb in the South East of London, in May last year.

Mar 16, 2017

February 2017

The Corpse That Spoke

I have a new book-type kind of thing out!

Feb 3, 2017

August 2016

What We Remember (feat. Downloadable Masters Essay)

Around this time last year, as some of you may be aware, I enrolled in a Masters program at Birkbeck College in London.

Aug 24, 2016

Letter from Milton Keynes

“In between P.V.

Aug 22, 2016

All my life I have wanted to be a hero.

Aug 22, 2016

Ugra on Karmakar

In India's Rio Olympic contingent of 100-plus, Dipa Karmakar's presence is undeniably the most unexpected.

Aug 16, 2016

Underrated fiction

COWEN: For fiction, what would be the country or region — now, what’s a country, what’s a region is even up for grabs — that is really underappreciated…

Aug 15, 2016

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