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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

Moustache

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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

Jahnavi Barua

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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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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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There’s Gunpowder in the Air by Manoranjan Byapari

When I read the blurb of There’s Gunpowder in the Air, I couldn’t help but be reminded of an iconic scene from the popular Hindi

Sneha Pathak October 3, 2019

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Creating a New Category: Audiobooks In India

The last year has seen momentous growth in the literary sector – there was a new Literary Prize, record adaptations with companies like The Story

Akhila Menon July 16, 2019

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Jasmine Days by Benyamin

I once had a conversation with my friend, of a different and politically opposing faith. When push came to shove, if the two of us

Prakruti Maniar April 10, 2019

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