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Akhil Sharma

Akhil Sharma is the author of “ Family Life ” and the story collection “ A Life of Adventure and Delight .” A revised version of his début novel, “ An Obedient Father ,” was published in 2022.

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A Heart Is Such a Heavy Thing
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Arun Karan is twenty-four and ready to get married. A procession of fathers bearing photographs of their daughters visit Arun's father, Ram Karan, who …