Premalekhanam which means ‘love letter’, is a Malayalam novel written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, fondly known as Beypore Sultan. The book is..
As a co-host for Discovering India Readathon 2020, one of the prompts was to read books from minority authors. This included the..
Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy, is a charming if somewhat rambling tale of love and marriage. At over 1300 pages and 591,552..
Essayist, short-story writer, and author of ‘House of Nails‘, and ‘Fire Girl’, Sayantani Dasgupta speaks to Ayushi Mona about her childhood experiences..
Translated by Nandini Krishan Estuary (noun): the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream What attracted me..
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..
“If the sky were sheet of paper/ If every blade of grass on earth were pen/ If the seven seas were awash..
Translated by Sunandini Banerjee In 1993, Nabarun Bhattacharya published his magnum opus, Herbert (or Harbart), translated into English by Sunandini Banerjee in..
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..
When Purple Pencil Project asked me if I would review Breast Stories by Mahasweta Devi, I almost refused. What is there to..