The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize: Three Indian-origin authors make it to the longlist

Scroll Staff

· Aug 06, 2022 · 05:30 pm

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

Chitra Ahanthem

· Aug 06, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘Shabari and Anita’: Read Manu Bhattathiri’s story from his latest book of short fiction

Manu Bhattathiri

· Aug 05, 2022 · 06:33 pm

Why NoViolet Bulawayo’s new Booker Prize-longlisted novel is an instant Zimbabwean classic

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, The Conversation

· Aug 04, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Hermit or prince in disguise? This novel explores a historical mystery from Bengal through fiction

Aruna Chakravarti

· Aug 03, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘The Ghost’: Sehyr Mirza’s story from a new collection of short stories from India and Pakistan

Sehyr Mirza

· Aug 01, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘When Blackbirds Fly’ recounts the fight for Mizo independence amid horrors created by armed forces

Veewon Thokchom

· Jul 31, 2022 · 12:30 pm

A young doctor’s contentious divorce makes her wonder if women can ever live truly independent lives

KR Meera

· Jul 29, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Breaking Free’: Devdasis find feminist solidarity in history, memories, and secrets in this novel

Vaasanthi

· Jul 27, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘The Stepford Wives’: Why Ira Levin’s feminist horror novel is still relevant 50 years later

Michelle Arrow, The Conversation

· Jul 26, 2022 · 05:30 pm

In ‘Shirt Ka Teesra Button’, author and actor Manav Kaul paints a picture of diffident boyhood

Neerad Pandharipande

· Jul 23, 2022 · 05:30 pm

This Malayalam novel is a sweeping family saga playing out amidst the mysteries of the forest

Sheela Tomy

· Jul 23, 2022 · 12:30 pm

A family deals with shame and unexpected rebellion brought about by a leaked intimate video

Aravind Jayan

· Jul 21, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Slice-of-life novel set in corridors of a BHU hostel captures eccentricities of college life

Satya Vyas

· Jul 20, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Until Then’: An orphan comes of age through turbulent dreams and vibrant memories

Sarayu Srivatsa

· Jul 19, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘The Silentiary’: This novel from Argentina is classic literature for victims of expectations

Rohit Thombre

· Jul 18, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Young Mungo’: Douglas Stuart’s novel on working-class Glaswegian adolescent boy and his coming out

Arunima Mazumdar

· Jul 16, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Dream Factory’: Desires and disappointments in a fictional of recreation of the Tamil film industry

Shubhangi Tiwari

· Jul 16, 2022 · 12:30 pm

This whodunit unearths the secrets and lies lurking beneath one of Mumbai’s poshest addresses

Meeti Shroff-Shah

· Jul 15, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘C’: A novel written in two voices – one of a nameless wanderer, and other of a city without the sun

Anupama Raju

· Jul 12, 2022 · 05:30 pm