Fiction
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Shahidul Zahir’s fiction represents one of the most unique literary voices of Bangladesh
Shahidul Zahir
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This novel is based on the life of Sultan Razziat, the only woman emperor to have ruled from Delhi
Meena Arora Nayak
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This novel tells the story of an Englishman who took over an island near Bombay in August 1947
Godfrey Joseph Pereira
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What happens when three children want to take part in Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement?
Lubaina Bandukwala
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In this novel the characters struggle with personal losses alongside the journey of a nation
Gayathri Sankar
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This novel in the guise of a thriller travels through the darkest roads of marriage and abuse
Meghna Pant
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From NEFA to Arunachal Pradesh: Mamang Dai’s new novel captures a turbulent transition
Mamang Dai
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A new collection of Gujarati short stories in English translation opens up a rich literature
Himanshi Shelat
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‘Karnali Blues’: This novel from Nepal tells a tender story of a father seen through his son’s eyes
Yash Daiv
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This ‘crime thriller’ is in fact an investigation of the pressure on women to adhere to social norms
Isa Ayidh
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‘Adam’: Short stories by S Hareesh, author of the prizewinning ‘Moustache’, in English translation
S Hareesh
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Annie Zaidi’s new novel captures the lives of 12 people living on the edges of Mumbai city
Annie Zaidi
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Five Victorian detective stories to read that are not Sherlock Holmes mysteries
Clare Clarke, The Conversation
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‘Farside’: A sister finds her brother dead. Then the possibility of a murder unravels
Jaishankar Krishnamurthy Krishna Udayasankar
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An adolescent’s badminton dreams collide with communal violence in this novel
Saskya Jain
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This story shows why Ruskin Bond’s supernatural fiction is some of his finest writing
Ruskin Bond
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This anthology of Tamil stories lay out the rich possibilities of modern fiction in an old language
Yashasvi Arunkumar
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‘Homebound’ is non-fiction masquerading as a novel about a migrant family’s plight during Covid-19
Yash Daiv
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Bangladesh at 50: This anthology offers a selection of stories written in both English and Bengali
Sohana Manzoor
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‘Qabar’: KR Meera’s magic realist fictional riff on the Babri Masjid case is now in English
KR Meera