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We cannot talk about Indian literature without talking about its rich, impossible-to-capture, and all-fascinating canon of folktales. We bring together folktales from across nooks of India to show you how fascinating, and fundamentally shared, our cultural heritage is. Bonus points, you get to read amazing tales filled with magic and myth, virtue and vice, and absolute wonder.
Rahul Vishnoi reviews The Secret of More by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm (Published by Aleph Book Company, 2023) Tejaswini Apte-Rahm, in the initial pages of The Secret
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Arooshi Sethi reviews Heart Tantrums by Aisha Sarwari (Published by Vintage Books, 2023) Introduction No matter how much the subtitle may persuade you, Heart Tantrums
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Team P3 curates a list of hand-picked best mysteries of India that deserve a sequel for your TBR! There are few emotions better than adrenaline
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Team P3 curates a list of must-read translated literature 2023 for your TBR. Translated Literature has rarely been more in fashion than now! Globally, more
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Translated from Bengali by Rimli Bhattarcharya Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, the author of Pather Panchali, is no new name in Indian literature. Aranyak, literally meaning ‘of the
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