Contents Race Multiracial Joginder Paul Letter to Marlo Bruce Pascoe The Last Game Drive Janhavi Acharekar ‘She’s Black’ Trilok Chand Ghai Religion Bars Keki N. Daruwalla The Religion of Love Nandini C. Sen Preparing for the Riots Anu Kumar Gender and Sexuality Closer David Malouf Henry Libby Sommer Absence Julia Mackay-Koelen Neighbours The Skit Roanna Gonsalves Garbage Kamala Wijeratne Other People Neelum Saran Gour The People on the Bus Go Up and Down Vashti Farrer Family The Wedding Gift Meenakshi Bharat A Parcel of Dreams Sharon Rundle Harder Than Your Husband Debra Adelaide Wednesdays and Fridays Elizabeth Jolley Over the Brink Was Washed Ashore: Of Other Worlds Sue Parker Thamarapu’s Temple Sujata Sankranti Born to Ride Julie Simpson Pataal Times Rupleena Bose In this vibrant collection of short fiction, editors Meenakshi Bharat and Sharon Rundle bring together a diverse group of writers from the Indian subcontinent and Australia to explore the themes of tolerance and intolerance. Their stories are compelling, urgent and thought-provoking. They trace the lives of those affected by the metaphorical and literal walls erected by society to offer a glimpse of a divided world, but one that is by no means devoid of compassion.