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Literature Awards in India for 2021

When you think of literature awards in India, we think of the JCB Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Prize, or Jnanpith Award which is India’s highest

Prakruti Maniar June 17, 2022

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Why you should read Gods and Ends by Lindsay Pereira

Lindsay Pereira presents an intimate portrait of a community of Roman Catholics, their relationship with each other, and with God in his book Gods and

Sharmistha Jha February 9, 2022

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In Conversation With: Urvashi Butalia

Prakruti Maniar speaks to Urvashi Butalia, Founder of Zubaan Books, over email about the strategies and considerations involved in managing an independent press, the state

Prakruti Maniar January 17, 2022

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Translations: The Talk of Publishing Town

Translation is a key political tool anywhere we go; but have the last few years of being in the spotlight changed things for the industry

Payal Morankar January 3, 2022

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Moustache by S. Hareesh

Moustache, originally written in Malayalam as Meesha, by S. Hareesh and translated by Jayasree Kalathil into English is an extremely well-written, multifaceted novel which redefines

Dhanya Linaraj November 1, 2020

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In Conversation With: Jahnavi Barua

Jahnavi Barua is an Indian writer based in Bangalore. Next Door (Penguin India, 2008), her debut collection of short stories was longlisted for the Frank

Rupal Vyas October 12, 2020

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Top 10 Free books on Kindle Unlimited

Kindle, Amazon, ebooks, print books: the litereary world it seems will never stop debating about the pros and cons of each. As the world battles

Sneha Pathak April 30, 2020

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Book Lists

Award-winning Indian Books of 2019

There are the really big book awards. We know the Booker prize, we know the Nobel, the Pulitzer. Closer home, any list of award-winning Indian

Jessica Joshi April 3, 2020

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The Far Field: A Review

Some books, like people, have ways of finding you. This is what happened with The Far Field. I didn’t find it, it found me. I

Sneha Pathak October 27, 2019

A Patchwork Family

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A Patchwork Family by Mukta Sathe

A Patchwork Family would have definitely gone past my radar had it not been long-listed for the JCB Prize for literature. A short yet hard-hitting

Sneha Pathak October 27, 2019

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