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Premalekhanam by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

  • by Dhanya Linaraj
  • 31 August
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Premalekhanam which means ‘love letter’, is a Malayalam novel written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, fondly known as Beypore Sultan. The book is..
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Book of Rachel by Esther David

  • by Swathi VK
  • 30 August
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As a co-host for Discovering India Readathon 2020, one of the prompts was to read books from minority authors. This included the..
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A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

  • by Anupama Kumar
  • 29 August
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Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy, is a charming if somewhat rambling tale of love and marriage. At over 1300 pages and 591,552..
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Ep. 7: Home and away with Sayantani Dasgupta

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 29 August
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Essayist, short-story writer, and author of ‘House of Nails‘, and ‘Fire Girl’, Sayantani Dasgupta speaks to Ayushi Mona about her childhood experiences..
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Estuary by Perumal Murugan

  • by Sneha Pathak
  • 28 August
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Translated by Nandini Krishan Estuary (noun): the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream What attracted me..
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In Conversation with: Paul Melo e Castro

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 28 August
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Paul Melo e Castro is a British scholar and academic, known for his work on editing and translating, particularly Indo-Portuguese literature. His area of work..
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Bedanabala by Mahasweta Devi

  • by Divya Shankar
  • 27 August
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“If the sky were sheet of paper/ If every blade of grass on earth were pen/ If the seven seas were awash..
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Herbert by Nabarun Bhattacharya

  • by Somudranil Sarkar
  • 26 August
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Translated by Sunandini Banerjee In 1993, Nabarun Bhattacharya published his magnum opus, Herbert (or Harbart), translated into English by Sunandini Banerjee in..
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Monsoon by Vimala Devi

  • by Anupama Kumar
  • 24 August
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Monsoon, Paul Melo e Castro’s English translation of Vimala Devi’s Moncao, is about divisions between human beings. Vimala Devi’s short story cycle..
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Breast Stories by Mahasweta Devi

  • by Shreemayee Das
  • 24 August
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When Purple Pencil Project asked me if I would review Breast Stories by Mahasweta Devi, I almost refused. What is there to..
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