https://shantanuraychaudhuri.com/2026/06/18/i-long-for-the-affection-and-the-stories-that-once-emerged-from-the-trees-ghosts-ponds-oxen-and-birds-nalin-verma-on-fiction-folklore-and-rural-india/Shantanu Ray Chaudhurien2026-06-18T05:24:26+00:00‘I Long for the Affection and the Stories That Once Emerged from the Trees, Ghosts, Ponds, Oxen and Birds’: Nalin Verma on Fiction, Folklore and Rural India