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Jai Arjun Singh

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A mongoose detective peels back some of the layers of the natural world in this marvellous comic

Rohan Chakravarty’s ‘Ruddy Detective’ isn’t the sort who will dispense justice or play saviour if it means disrupting nature’s balance.

Jai Arjun Singh
· Oct 16, 2021 · 08:30 am
Mahadevi Varma’s almost unknown book about animals in her life is rich with detail and observation

The first English translation of ‘Mera Parivar’ shows why her relationship with non-human creatures was central to her development as a writer.

Jai Arjun Singh
· Aug 21, 2021 · 08:30 am
‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ is a classic coming-of-age novel of present day India

In Deepa Anappara’s wonderfully paced debut novel, a little boy goes ‘detectiving’ when children from his basti mysteriously start to disappear.

Jai Arjun Singh
· Mar 14, 2020 · 07:30 am

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