While we have a long way to go on talking about mental wellness and mental health, there are surely steps being taken..
Although Dalit literature originated in Maharashtra from the 1950s – 1960s, the genre, that gave expression to a historically supressed community, has..
Moustache, originally written in Malayalam as Meesha, by S. Hareesh translated by Jayasree Kalathil into English is an extremely well-written, multifaceted novel..
Books have a way of finding you. The Namesake was originally written in September 2003, and is bound to be on any..
In the 14th episode of India Booked, author Anukrti Upadhyay takes us through the deserts of Rajasthan and the hot springs of..
Not all vessels are meant to hold water, some are for allowing water to seep away. Haruko trailed a finger over the..
Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy, is a charming if somewhat rambling tale of love and marriage. At over 1300 pages and 591,552..
Translated by Ranjita Biwas Assam’s struggle for identity and independence has always plagued the state; from the Assam Agitation in 1980s to..
Ranjita Biswas is a journalist, writer and translator of fiction from Assamese into English. She is currently based in Kolkata. She is..
This is how the blurb of The Forest of Enchantments (written by Chitra B. Divakaruni, published by HarperCollins) goes: “It is a..