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Newsletter · By Manjula Padmanabhan · English · Official site

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Sep 24, 2026
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Aug 6, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    In the ZONE (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    Leave a commentOn the other side of the planet, a new book is stirring to life … while here I sit in Providence, RI, feeling just a teeeeny bit left out.But okay, not much. One of the benefits of being “all growed up” is that one becomes philosophical. I am so happy that the book is finally coming out that, by contrast, the anguish of not-having-it-in-my-hands-right-this-minute is relatively minor.ZONE is the third book of a trilogy. It’s quite independent of th

  2. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Being Present (opens the original)

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    Leave a commentFirst, a seagull:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch

  3. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    THREE MOVIE RECOs (opens the original)

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    Leave a commentGOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1477"

  4. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    TRAVELS (opens the original)

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    Leave a comment<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ycAi!,w_1456,c_limit,f_au

  5. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    THE CLASSICS ON SPEED RE-DIAL (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    Leave a comment… because it’s in comic form.A smart, up-market product with hard covers and good binding. About the size of a Kindle (thicker than). Slips easily into a backpack or handbag, rests comfortably in the hand. At the same price as a standard paperback.Best of all: the series, QOMIX CLASSICS, is dedicated to delivering the classics in the language of the original (–in English, that is. I don’t know if there are other-language editions

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