fiction
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Shipwrecked in a time loop: Solvej Balle’s ‘On the Calculation of Volume’ plays a long game
David McCooey, The Conversation
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Fiction: A Dalit fisherman from Tamil Nadu in search of a better life ends up as a ‘cyber slave’
Rejimon Kuttappan
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Fiction: Why does a man go hiking on a mountain on the insistence of an enigmatic stranger
Jayesh Bhaware
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‘A Kind of Meat and Other Stories’: Short stories built from ordinary tremors that move lives
Diya Sengupta
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‘Gooday Nagar’: A city’s lifetime of experiences in slice-of-life and speculative short stories
Sayari Debnath
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Fiction: Eleven years later, a daughter is determined to find out exactly what killed her father
Shabnam Minwalla
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‘Half His Age’: Jennette McCurdy’s novel is an uncomfortable take on a new genre, literary abuse
Kate Cantrell, The Conversation
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Fiction: Newlyweds Gita and Sachin migrate to America, but Delhi remains an inescapable force
Karan Mahajan
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Fiction: A personal trainer relocates to a Sri Lankan village after his divorce. Then, Covid strikes
Ashok Ferrey
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S Hareesh’s new novel: The kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor refuses to join India after independence
S Hareesh Jayasree Kalathil
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‘Intemperance’ by Sonora Jha: 55-year-old woman’s ‘swayamvar’ story is charming and wise
Madhulika Liddle
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April global fiction: From Hawaii to Congo, six new novels to kickstart your summer reading
Scroll Staff
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International fiction: Sato is a happy boy until his father decides he has to undergo a piety ritual
Eka Kurniawan Annie Tucker
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Mohammed Hanif’s new novel: Pakistan’s OK Town erupts in protest when a political figure is hanged
Mohammed Hanif
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Fiction: Aruna tries to warn Ayaz of an impending massacre of the crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh
Reenita M Hora
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Mythological fiction: Satyavati was born a fisherwoman. Did destiny put her on Hastinapur’s throne?
Rupeen Popat
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Horror fiction: A young man will do anything to bring his dead grandmother back to life
Jay Alani Neil D'Silva
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Short fiction: A young woman experiences longing, shame, faith, and hunger when she takes a selfie
Pratyaksha
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Romance: Aaditha has no interest in being a royal daughter-in-law, but the prince is hard to resist
Prajwal Hegde
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Writer, translator, critic: How Shanta Gokhale’s works have shaped cultural conversations
Nirav Mehta