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Sky is my Father by Easterine Kire

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 30 September
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Sky is my Father was originally published as A Naga Village Remembered, and recently reissued by Speaking Tiger books. The change in..
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In Conversation With: Sohan S. Koonar

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 30 September
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Sohan Koonar is a physiotherapist by training, a founder of a multi-clinic company and an inventor with international patents. He is the..
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Drunk Bird Chronicles by Malay Chatterjee

  • by Kirtana Menon
  • 29 September
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We’ve all read about history in school books: an endless repetition of dry facts and dates, of people with unpronounceable names and long-forgotten titles...
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A Full Night’s Thievery by Mitra Phukan

  • by Anupama Kumar
  • 29 September
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Mitra Phukan’s collection of short stories, A Full Night’s Thievery, is about very flawed people – the kind we all are ourselves...
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A Night with a Black Spider by Ambai

  • by Lian Dousel
  • 28 September
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Translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan Dr C.S. Lakshmi, who writes under the nom de plume of Ambai, has contributed to Indian literature in..
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Paper Lions by Sohan S. Koonar

  • by Ilona Dam
  • 28 September
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Paper Lions, Sohan S. Koonar’s debut novel, spans across three different ages and shows a beautiful, inter-generational history of independence and partition...
India Booked

Kolkata: A Literary Lens with Arunava Sinha

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 26 September
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A prolific translator, the Books Editor at Scroll.in, and professor of creative writing and literary journalism; Arunava Sinha is one of India’s..
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OnStepping into heritage with Vikramjit Singh Rooprai

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 19 September
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In this episode of India Booked, host Ayushi Mona speaks to Vikramjit Singh Rooprai, an educator, heritage activist and author. They discuss..
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Lone Fox Dancing by Ruskin Bond

  • by Tamishra Swain
  • 16 September
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During the lockdown period I got into reading autobiographies, as a distraction from my day job of teaching classical texts. While cleaning..
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Rhythmic words: A list of books about music

  • by Sneha Pathak
  • 14 September
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Music, like literature, can work magic. It can take you to places you didn’t know existed, it can uplift you and give..
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