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The Fire Burns Blue<\/em> was invited to the Matrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2019 at Thiruvananthapuram. Ayaz Memon talked women’s cricket with us, under this most beautiful tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this experience was more than about lit-festing and rubbing shoulders with the Crowd. Sidhanta wrote about what the trip taught him<\/a> in a way only he can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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