The Many Forms of the Malayalam Script

Two glimpses of an older Malayalam script A few months ago, I visited the Hill Palace Museum in Kochi. Amid the various artefacts from pre-modern

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Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life by Upamanyu Chatterjee

“To everything, turn, turn, turn,There is a season, turn, turn, turn,And a time to every purpose under heaven.” This song by The Byrds, which I’ve

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Poetry like a painting: Firefly Memories by Jonaki Ray

E.E. Cummings once wrote, “since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you.” Years ago, when

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These Hindi to English short stories are not for the emotionally soft folks

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Stories from the Northeast: Exploring a land and its people

As someone who has spent many years in the north-east India, I have long been fascinated by the region’s complex history, its diverse geography and

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Want to read translated Hindi stories? Pick this book

The nine stories of Chandan Pandey and Sayari Debnath’s The Keeper of Desolation are stories coming together, translated hindi stories that show us a different

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Sadness and Silence: The World of Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words

Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words is a dystopian fantasy where humans are the Speakers but rendered mute. Must you speak? Then buy a Word. Yes, the

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Tragedy shrouds this fantasy; the story of Kashmir goes on

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The Many Forms of the Malayalam Script

Do you like reading Kipling? A powerful reimagination of his character

How is the short story collection ‘Pilgrims of Reflection’?

Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life by Upamanyu Chatterjee

Poetry like a painting: Firefly Memories by Jonaki Ray

These Hindi to English short stories are not for the emotionally soft folks

Stories from the Northeast: Exploring a land and its people

Want to read translated Hindi stories? Pick this book

Sadness and Silence: The World of Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words

Tragedy shrouds this fantasy; the story of Kashmir goes on

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