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Traitor translated by Rakhshanda Jalil

  • by Divya Shankar
  • 30 July
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Originally written in the Urdu as Ghaddaar by Krishan Chander The air in August 1947 was laced with poison. The overcast monsoon..
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Indian Literature Post Independence: A throwback

  • by Jessica Joshi
  • 29 July
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A shift from Indian to Western, more magazines, and the inclusion of a semi-modern reality – Indian literature post independence bloomed from..
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I’m So Hacked by Gautam Mayekar

  • by Kirtana Menon
  • 26 July
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In I’m So Hacked, a regular worker in a software company by day, @v! moonlights as a hacker. He takes sadistic pleasure..
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A Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelam Saran Gour

  • by Sneha Pathak
  • 24 July
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The first thing that intrigued me about the book was its title; I thought that Janki is the name of an actual..
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Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi

  • by Pranita Pandurangi
  • 24 July
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Tishani Doshi’s Small Days and Nights, is the latest addition to her much-admired oeuvre of poetry, dance and fiction. In this book,..
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Poetry & more: Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 16 July
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Circus Folk & Village Freaks, poet and now author Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal’s debut work of fiction, is an interestingly told, engaging and..
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Creating a New Category: Audiobooks In India

  • by Akhila Menon
  • 16 July
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The last year has seen momentous growth in the literary sector – there was a new Literary Prize, record adaptations with companies..
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Yashodhara by Volga

  • by Sneha Pathak
  • 12 July
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I first learnt of Yashodhara when I was in standard seventh. We were studying a play in the Hindi class, titled “Siddhartha..
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Circus Folk and Village Freaks

  • by Kirtana Menon
  • 11 July
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The Story Somewhere in India lies a few mythical villages that strive to be as “normal” as possible. Weirdos and freaks (of..
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Cover magic: Asma Kazi on how it was made

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 3 July
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It is impossible to come across the stunning feminist, fantasy fiction anthology Magical Women, and not take a moment to appreciate the..
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