There are no inherent words for descriptions of smell. You always borrow from your other senses to describe it: Divrina Dhingra
Team P3 is in conversation with author and journalist Divrina Dhingra, author of The Perfume Project. Divrina Dhingra is a journalist and has previously worked at Elle, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar magazines. She lives in New Delhi. She is the author of The Perfume Project: Journeys through Indian Fragrance (Published by Westland, 2023). Prakruti Maniar from Team P3 was […]
“Stories are about making the “other” world that your audience can access”: Ivy Ngeow
Amritesh Mukherjee from Team P3 is in conversation with author Ivy Ngeow. Ivy Ngeow was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Her debut, Cry of the Flying Rhino (2017), was awarded the International Proverse Prize in Hong Kong. Her novels include Heart of Glass (2018), Overboard (2020), and White Crane Strikes (2022). She is the commissioning editor of the Asian Anthology New Writing series. The American […]
“One of the most important and exciting things about objects is that they were made by people, for people.”- Sushma Jansari (Historian & Author)
Prakruti Maniar from Team P3 is in conversation with British Indian Historian Sushma Jansari at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 Sushma Jansari is a British Indian historian specialising in the Mauryan period and collecting histories. She is the Tabor Foundation curator of South Asia at the British Museum and a trustee of the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. Jansari is […]
11 Historical Novels Depicting Women’s Condition in the 20th Century
Sneha Pathak shares a recommended list of historical novels depicting women’s condition in the 20th century for your TBR. The 20th century was a time of great upheaval and power shifts in the world. World wars were fought, colonisation lost its grip, newly independent countries emerged, and scientific development reached new heights. Amongst these changes, […]
Book Review: Pookuzhi (Pyre) by Perumal Murugan
Akshaya Ganesh reviews Perumal Murugan’s Pyre, originally written in Tamil as Pookuzhi and translated into English by Aniruddhan Vasudevan (Published by Penguin India, 2017) Since my teen days, I have heard much about Perumal Murugan and wanted to read one of his books. But for some reason, I never picked it up until recently. When […]
“You want to shape the story to how it should be. It fails because it’s not your story. It’s the character’s story. It’s a story’s story. You are just a channel. Let the characters speak.” Saras Manickam
Prakruti Maniar was in conversation with award-winning writer Saras Manickam at the Jaipur Literature Festival early this year. An award-winning writer, Saras Manickam’s story, My Mother Pattu won the regional prize for Asia in the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Contest. In 2021, it was included in the anthology, The Art and Craft of Asian Stories, published by Bloomsbury, and […]
“If you do not respect words and do not know that one word can make a difference to the entire piece, then you better not be a writer.” Mridula Garg
Amritesh Mukherjee is in conversation with Mridula Garg where she shares her thoughts on censorship in literature, about the public reception of her work, and more. Mridula Garg is an Indian writer who writes in Hindi and English She has published over 30 books in Hindi – novels, short story collections, plays, and collections of essays – including […]
Essay: Translating My First Story by Sneha Pathak
In this essay, Sneha Pathak shares her journey of becoming a translator, translating her father’s stories, finding stories to translate, and how her love for languages pushed her to work on her art. I grew up with the sound of the typewriter, reading my father’s manuscripts on the sly. I read them even when I […]
10 Asian Books to Watch Out For in 2024
Team P3 curates a list of Asian Books to watch out for in 2024 All stories are similar, but some stories are more similar to each other than others. And while the original Animal Farm quote was ironic, this one isn’t. You can find several common themes and stories in the larger Asian culture and […]
10 Political History Books of South Asia
Team P3 curates a list of recommended political history books of South Asia South Asian history is mired with contradictions, tragedies, and paradoxes of all kinds. To do justice to all the stories that reside and have resided here would be a mammoth task, one certainly beyond the scope of our history textbooks. In this […]
