Styled as a translation of an ancient epic, the novel is a tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries.
One of the most profound and positive impacts the pandemic had is that it brought readers back to the reading table
Let us hope that with the stamp of the Booker Prize on Geetanjali Shree’s novel, it will be more present in the storefront of book-sellers. And after it, other books translated from the bhashas
Kitty Texeira, an Anglo-Indian woman, has been living in McCluskieganj for decades, searching for her identity. An extract from Vikas Kumar Jha’s novel
In this freewheeling interview, Orhan Pamuk talks about his most recent novel 'Nights of Plague'
In the space between what we say and what we leave out rests the intentions and deceptions of a literary text
Contamination pits modern evil against ancient supernatural forces. It is the story of people devastated by war and tormented by phantasmic creatures. Richa thinks Militia horror is quite under-utilized in India.
Writing in a way is nothing but living one’s existential homesickness on a piece of paper. It is a process of consistently returning to various points of departure of own identity.
Agyeya is among the giants of modern Indian literature. Ashutosh Bhardwaj in conversation with his biographer Akshaya Mukul about the life, loves and politics...
Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid speaks at length on the threat impulse, and the protagonist of his novel, a white man who loses his whiteness
An excerpt from the novel 'Valli' that takes you to the Western Ghats in northern Kerala, to a land of mist and mystery, of forests and folklore, rich with the...
Indian author Geetanjali Shree was awarded International Booker Prize for her novel ‘Red Samadhi’ or ‘Tombs of Sand’ in May this year.
Perhaps no literary work captures the Bombay of yore, and anticipates the Mumbai of now, as Manohar Shyam Joshi's Kuru-Kuru Swaha
This is an excerpt from the Bengali novel, I See The Face (2006), by Shahidul Zahir (1953–2008), of Bangladesh. Translated by V. Ramaswamy. The enchanted...
'Lady In The Lake' is An adaptation of author Laura Lipman’s 2019 novel of the same name. Actress Moses Ingram will be joined by Natalie Portman on the...
Of finding new cultures in translated Russian novels, having a private language and the joy when these two worlds meet
The history of translating into English goes as far back as the history of Indian English publishing, but one must take note of the recent developments in the...
Thousands of books are written every year and thousands, if not more, are read every year; but to what end? In a world full of strife and pain, do...
A language that struggles to get recognition in its native land is now one step away from a major international award. Will it pave the way for more Hindi...
'Brown’ will see actress Karisma Kapoor takes on the lead role based on Abheek Barua's book - 'City Of Death'. Actress Soni Razdan also joins the venture.
The novel follows the story of Villie, a hunter by profession and Guardian of the Forest, as he moves between worlds and alternate realities.
In his novels, Silas House deflly captures the varied landscapes of the American South, both emotional and physical. The eight essays in Silas House, which...
The story is set in Aurora, Illinois, where Aubrey Wheeler and her teenage son are forced to fend for themselves in the wake of a massive power outage.
With 'Jamjaal', the world awaits the emergence of a Gujarati Proust, novelist Nazir Mansuri, whose magnum opus—expected to be the world’s longest...
Kunal Basu’s latest novel, ‘In An Ideal World’, is not just about two competing visions of India, but also about the courage of compassion.
