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A Suitable Boy
Book Reviews
Anupama Kumar

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy is charming if a somewhat rambling tale of love and marriage. At over 1300 pages and 591,552 words, A Suitable

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Anupama Kumar August 29, 2020
Estuary
Book Reviews
Sneha Pathak

Estuary by Perumal Murugan

Translated by Nandini Krishan Estuary (noun): the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream What attracted me towards Perumal Murugan’s

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Sneha Pathak August 28, 2020
Book Reviews
Somudranil Sarkar

Herbert by Nabarun Bhattacharya

Translated by Sunandini Banerjee In 1993, Nabarun Bhattacharya published his magnum opus, Herbert (or Harbart), translated into English by Sunandini Banerjee in 2017 (this is

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Somudranil Sarkar August 26, 2020
Book Reviews
Anupama Kumar

Monsoon by Vimala Devi

Monsoon, Paul Melo e Castro’s English translation of Vimala Devi’s Moncao, is about divisions between human beings. Vimala Devi’s short story cycle was first published

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Anupama Kumar August 24, 2020

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