In Conversation With: Aanchal Malhotra

Aanchal Malhotra

Aanchal Malhotra is an Indian author and historian, best known for her work on oral history and material culture of the Partition of India in 1947. You must have started being around books at a very young age because of the very renowned bookstore that your grandfather started ‘Bahrisons Booksellers’. How was the journey throughout and what inclined you towards […]

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri

Unaccustomed Earth

This epigraph to Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth neatly ties up the collection of short stories, which views the idea of a home away from home (a hallmark of Lahiri’s work) through rose-tinted glasses, with each story bringing a unique experience to the table. Individual Gems: The Love Stories In A Choice of Accommodations and Nobody’s […]

Chhotu: A Tale of Partition and Love by Varud Gupta

Illustrations by Ayushi Rastogi As a child, I loved reading comics. Billu and Raman were my favourites, followed closely by Chacha Chowdhary and Pinki. Even as I read and enjoyed their adventures, I hated that they ended too soon and left me wanting some more. So when I picked up Chhotu: A Tale of Partition […]

Ep. 3: Invisible Man with Nandini Krishnan

nandini krishnan podcast

Invisible Man, the seminal work (controversies and shortcomings included) talking about the Indian transmasculine network, is an important work for bringing the community’s voice to the fore. In this episode of India Booked, Ayushi Mona speaks to author Nandini Krishnan on how the book came to be, what the interview process looked like, how India’s […]