Anna Lynn reviews Won’t You Stay, Radhika, originally written in Hindi as Rukogi Nahi, Radhika? by Usha Priyamvada, and translated into English by Daisy Rockwell. Introduction
Samiksha Ransom reviews My World Without Jehan: Surviving a Brother’s Suicide by Liana Mistry (Published by Speaking Tiger Books, 2023) Trigger Warning: Suicide My World
Pooja Singh reviews Women Who Only Wear Themselves by Arundhathi Subramaniam (Published by Speaking Tiger, 2021) Arundhathi Subramaniam’s clever genius made her unravel consciousness for
Samiksha Ransom reviews Suhit Sen’s The Hunter of Lalbazaar recommending it as your next weekend crime fiction read. The Hunter of Lalbazar is a crime
Sneha Pathak reviews Subversive Whispers originally written by Manasi in Malayalam and translated by J Devika in English (Published by Penguin India, 2023) Subversive Whispers
Neha Kirpal reviews Mansoor Khan’s debut novel One (Published by Harper Collins, 2023) Bollywood film director and producer Mansoor Hussain Khan recently released his debut
Satyarth Pandita reviews Guru: Ten Doors to Ancient Wisdom (Published by Hachette India, 2018) GURU: Ten Doors to Ancient Wisdom begins with an interesting introduction,
Qabar by K.R. Meera is a social commentary on religious polarisation and has to be read between the lines. Originally written in Malayalam, Qabar by
Sneha Pathak reviews Mandodari by Koral Dasgupta (Pan Macmillan India, 2023) and concludes if mythological rewritings are your thing, Mandodari should be on your list.
Akankshya Abismruta reviews Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water (Published by Atlantic Books, 2023) “Life is a terminal condition, we are all going to die.”
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