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We cannot talk about Indian literature without talking about its rich, impossible-to-capture, and all-fascinating canon of folktales. We bring together folktales from across nooks of India to show you how fascinating, and fundamentally shared, our cultural heritage is. Bonus points, you get to read amazing tales filled with magic and myth, virtue and vice, and absolute wonder.
Team P3 curates a list of the top 15 Indian Mythological Women Writers that are a must-read for all mythology lovers. Mythology, like many other
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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Team P3 shares a curated list of recommended reads for young adults as we share a list of 9 LGBTQ books by Indian Authors. Even
Team P3 curates a list of Queer Books in India that include memoirs and autobiographies for you to choose your next read from! There aren’t
For us readers, June is a chane to take stock of the books to read for Pride Month; whether to be a responsible ally, find
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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
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