#MeToo: Litfest organisers, publishers are being pushed to respond to charges against writers

Amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment against prominent writers, the decision-makers of the literary world are being asked to take a stand.

Harsimran Gill

· 7 hours ago

Why a journalist wrote about the Niyamgiri agitation in the form of a Young Adult novel

An interview with the author of ‘Year of the Weeds’, a fictionalised telling of the Niyamgiri agitation in Odisha should be read by adults as well.

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

These videos tell stories about each of the five novels shortlisted for the JCB Prize

The literary prize is modelled on the Man Booker in that it seeks to promote sales of shortlisted books.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 01:00 pm

‘The crux of my novel is one woman’s loneliness’: How a writer recreated the story of the poet Andal

Sharanya Manivannan’s ‘The Queen of Jasmine Country’ imagines the life of Kodhai, who went on to become the renowned devotional Tamil poet, Andal.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Yesterday · 12:30 pm

Before #MeToo, there was #BeCareful – and that applied to women who wanted to write books

‘I did my best to stay out of “harm’s way” and just focus on the writing,’ says a poet and academician and woman.

K Srilata

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Fiction does justice to the remarkable life of the singer Janki Bai in a way that history has not

In ‘Requiem in Raga Janki’, Neelum Saran Gour pays careful attention to the richness and texture of an extraordinary yet forgotten life.

Shreya Ila Anasuya

· Yesterday · 07:00 am

From Korea, a fairy tale for adults that makes readers happy with its violence and nightmares

Han Yujoo’s ‘The Impossible Fairy Tale’ is the second example after ‘The Vegetarian’ of modern Korean fiction making a mark on Indian readers.

Suhasini Patni

· Oct 20, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Man Booker Prize 2018: Anna Burns wins for ‘Milkman’, but big publishers are the real victors

When it comes to the Man Booker Prize, the odds are stacked against smaller publishers in more ways than one.

Leigh Wilson, The Conversation

· Oct 20, 2018 · 12:30 pm

A novel about one woman’s life becomes a neat history of middle-class anxiety in India

In ‘Pilgrimage’, Ira Singh tells Monica aka Mona’s story backwards, and from three different perspectives.

Niyati Bhat

· Oct 20, 2018 · 08:30 am

Like Mecca, Rome or Jerusalem, Benares spurs the spiritual imagination, writes its newest chronicler

Aatish Taseer’s new book, ‘The Twice-Born: Life and Death on the Ganges’ looks through the world of the Brahmins of Benares.

Aatish Taseer

· Oct 20, 2018 · 07:00 am

A ‘rakshashi’ is released, triggering a crisis in this new fantasy novel from India

In Achala Upendran’s ‘The Sultanpur Chronicles: Shadowed City’, magic has become a restricted art.

Achala Upendran

· Oct 19, 2018 · 05:30 pm

‘A true genius’: Twitter pays tribute to Anthea Bell, who elevated ‘Asterix’ with her translations

She is credited with creating some of the most distinctive and loved puns in the English version of the comic series.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 19, 2018 · 12:34 pm