KR Meera’s new novel returns to familiar themes of longing, loss and obsession

In ‘The Unseeing Idol of Light’, a husband struggles to overcome the sudden disappearance of his pregnant wife.

KR Meera

· Apr 04, 2018 · 08:30 am

No one writes about searing love like KR Meera does, and this novel proves it again

'Shouldn’t women laugh? Don’t you know that you have to make a woman laugh before you...'

KR Meera

· Apr 08, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Malayalam writer KR Meera writes explosively, and her new novel is no exception

Book excerpt: In ‘The Gospel of Yudas’, a former Naxalite carries a secret that won’t let him accept a lover.

KR Meera

· Jun 18, 2016 · 12:30 pm

The beginnings of a hangwoman’s career managing the noose

The first in a series of excerpts from the books longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. First up: ‘Hangwoman’.

KR Meera

· Nov 10, 2015 · 08:30 am