With even the most modest mofussil minds moving to the metropolis, what is one to make of the quintessential small town? Does it even exist? Doubts persist, but not justifiably. Ask anyone who did not grow up in a big city, and they’ll tell you that smallness does not always translate to inadequacy, and that a city not known for its size and rise is more than a mere evoker of nostalgia. Why does the cosmopolitan heart still want to return to places that have remained immune

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We are delighted to publish de Kooning’s Smile, Deepankar Khiwani’s collected poems, with an in-depth introduction by Anand Thakore. This...