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Kanishka Gupta, founder of one of the best literary agencies in India

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 24 June
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P3’s Prakruti Maniar caught up with Kanishka Gupta, founder of one of the best literary agencies in India, Writer’s Side. The agent,..
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Being Assamese in India: The Black Magic Women

  • by Sharmistha Jha
  • 20 June
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The Black Magic Women: Stories of Suffering and Survival, written by Moushumi Kandali and translated by Parbina Rashid is a must-read to..
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The Mughal Empress, The Twentieth Wife; A Story worth reading?

  • by Sritama Sen
  • 19 June
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Indu Sudaresan’s historical fiction book, The Twentieth Wife, captures the drama of the lives of the Mughal kings and queens. Erudite, beautiful,..
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The story of Tamil labourers by Raphaël Confiant

  • by Savitha Vaidyanathan
  • 18 June
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Translated from the French by Vidya Vencatesan A human saga that is both bleak and epic, The Cane Cutter’s Song tells the..
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Literature Awards in India for 2021

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 17 June
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When you think of literature awards in India, we think of the JCB Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Prize, or Jnanpith Award which..
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Odia Writer Jagadish Mohanty’s Battles of our Own

  • by Akankshya Abismruta
  • 16 June
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Read Akankshya’s review of Battles of Our Own by Odia writer Jagadish Mohanty, translated from the Odia by Himansu S. Mohapatra and..
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Pakistan, growing up: The Whispering Chinar by Ali Rohila

  • by Akankshya Abismruta
  • 15 June
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Ali Rohila, a writer and banker from Pakistan, comes out with his second book. The Whispering Chinar is a collection of 11..
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Being a translator, researcher, and more: Rakhshanda Jalil at JLF 2022

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 12 June
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Rakhshanda Jalil is an Indian writer, critic, translator, and literary historian. Jalil runs an organization called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularization of..
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A Mahar speaks: Daya Pawar’s Baluta

  • by Abha Goradia
  • 10 June
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The story of freedom struggle in a “free” India, that of the Mahar community What does it mean to belong to the..
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All about Mumbai city in this collection of plays by Anju Makhija

  • by Anna Lynn
  • 9 June
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Mumbai – the city of dreams, glitz and glamour, with a boiling cauldron of intense passion, be it political, religious or personal...
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