Manjul Bajaj’s Once Upon a Summer is a tender rebellion against race, caste, and colonial rule—told through the lens of love.
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Strange moving lights, the churail’s scream from a deserted village, unseen terror ... Jim Corbett did not encounter man-eaters alone; he also had a faceoff with ghosts and supernatural powers
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A new historical novel revisits the dramatic life and legacy of Marthanda Varma, the king who defeated the Dutch and transformed his kingdom through war, reform, and strategy.
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The story makes a quiet but vital point: when young people grow up believing their feelings are “abnormal,” the cost is high—anxiety, isolation, shame.
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Lucidly written and an easy read Wajid’s memoir tells the story of coming to terms with loss in simple terms surrounded by her own awareness or worries regarding the reactions of family and society.
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For the most part, unlike Heart Lamp, which the style, the underlying sorrow and the narrow canvas recall, the stories lack the sophistication of urban undercurrents- life revolves around festivals and the cycles of the seasons, which directly impact livelihoods.
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Translating Rituparno Ghosh: star Bengali writer, Ram Ray’s favourite and monarch of all he surveyed from silver betel boxes to books
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This book takes readers on a richly rewarding journey through a flawed and fascinating Calcutta that once was
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International Booker Prize-winner Banu Mushtaq’s collection of short stories is the first translation from Kannada to English. The vibrant collection of a dozen stories gives an insider’s perspective on the life of the Muslim community from a primarily feminine perspective.
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Curated by Arundhati Nath, the collection brings together a series of eleven ghost stories written by well-known and not-so-well-known Bengali authors
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