Temsula Ao (1945-2022): The Naga writer’s literary legacy covers more than her stories and poems

Temsula Ao died on 9 October, 2022, at the age of 76.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Oct 15, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘Whispering Chinar’: These interlinked short stories go to the heart of male privilege and machismo

Ali Rohila’s story traverse a long period of time in the same setting to show what changes and what does not.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Aug 06, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘An American Girl in India’: Indologist Wendy Doniger recalls her first visit to the country

Doniger writes about culture shocks and fascinating discoveries.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Jul 03, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘Nireeswaran’ interrogates unquestioning belief through fiction, leaving it to readers to answer

You get more than you sign up for when you read this novel by VJ James, translated from the Malayalam by Ministhy S.

Chitra Ahanthem

· May 30, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Song of the Soil’ channels the aborted political movement for Gorkhaland through fiction

Chuden Kabimo’s Nepali novel, now translated into English by Ajit Baral, tells the history through the lives of the ordinary people who were betrayed.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Apr 10, 2022 · 12:30 pm

Meet the six designers shortlisted (including the winner) for the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize

Ishan Khosla’s cover for Anukrti Upadhyay’s novel ‘Kintsugi’ has won the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2022.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Mar 27, 2022 · 08:30 am

Neel Patel’s novel plays the themes of past hurt and closure within a diaspora family of Indians

‘Tell Me How to Be’ is not so much about an immigrant experience as it is about an emotional one.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Mar 20, 2022 · 05:30 pm

These short story collections make us wonder why novels monopolise all the love and attention

Ten collections published in English in 2021. Including translations.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Dec 26, 2021 · 08:30 am

Kavery Nambisan’s account of healthcare in India reveals bitter truths but also beacons of hope

‘A Luxury Called Health’, written by a doctor who is also a novelist, needs to be not only read but also discussed.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Dec 19, 2021 · 08:30 am

There is no such thing as a book from the ‘North East’. The literary establishment is blind to this

A single uniform identity for all the writing from the seven states in the region is not remotely authentic.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Nov 27, 2021 · 12:30 pm

‘Name Place Animal Thing’ is a meandering collection of stories set in Shillong, not exactly a novel

Shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2021, Daribha Lyndem’s debut does not do justice to the realities of the region.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Nov 13, 2021 · 08:30 am

‘The Plague Upon Us’ is a ballad on individual suffering amidst the collective trauma of Kashmir

Shortlisted for The JCB Prize for Literature 2021, Shabir Ahmad Mir’s debut novel captures the vortex that Kashmir has been in over the years.

Chitra Ahanthem

· Oct 23, 2021 · 05:30 pm