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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is a regular Scroll.in contributor

‘It is the story of India itself’: Abdullah Khan on a debut novel that was 20 years in the making

An interview with the author of ‘Patna Blues’, a novel about a lower-middle class Muslim family in small-town Bihar.

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
· Sep 22, 2018 · 08:30 am
This Patna novel is not just about differences and disappointments, it’s a tribute to the ’90s

Abdullah Khan’s ‘Patna Blues’ tells of the aspirations, disappointments and desires of a once prosperous Muslim family in Bihar.

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
· Sep 16, 2018 · 08:30 am
Real life is often magical for the Lotha tribe of Nagaland, as this collection of folk tales reveals

Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton’s ‘A Girl Swallowed By A Tree’ is a reminder of why oral folk tales must be preserved. They document a history of the imagination.

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
· Aug 19, 2018 · 12:30 pm

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The Reel

How the Sorens stopped eating meat in Vadodara

An excerpt from a striking collection of short stories about life in the India we seldom read about.

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
· Oct 13, 2015 · 08:30 am