Fiction
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This novel of Sikh lives during the Partition won the regional Commonwealth Prize 20 years ago
Oindrila Mukherjee
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A pandemic wipes out most of the male population in a recent novel from South Africa
Nedine Moonsamy, The Conversation
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‘Swamiji’: In a mining town, a boy wants to grow taller through yoga. Can the yogi help him?
Rohit Manchanda
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What we talk about when we talk about writing a novel during the pandemic
Sayantan Ghosh
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Can a glitzy destination wedding in India offer an authentic experience of home to an American desi?
Diksha Basu
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‘Chorashastra’: What if a petty thief is taught the science of opening locks with his eyes?
VJ James
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Jahnavi Barua’s ‘Undertow’ weaves threads of displacement, kinship and politics into a layered novel
Anodya Mishra
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‘A Burning’: An extraordinary debut novel explores justice and ambition in an unequal land
Harsimran Gill
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This frightening short story depicts what might happen to humans in a post-apocalyptic world
Shikhandin
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‘Blood’: When the NRI is caught between a country he has left behind and one he cannot call home
Anu Kumar
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These surreal stories see Delhi’s rickshaw-drivers suddenly navigating an altered reality
Varsha Ramachandran
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This thriller moves between historical and the modern worlds, linking them through chess
Nihshanka Debroy
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‘A Burning’: This is how the most talked about debut novel right now, by Megha Majumdar, begins
Megha Majumdar
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Indian writer Kritika Pandey wins regional award for Asia in 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Scroll Staff
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‘The Roshogolla Makers’: A sweet short story for the age of the pandemic
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury
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This novel set in Pakistan examines what blasphemy laws can do to a country and its people
Osman Haneef
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Short story: ‘The Finding’. (Or, a discovery that stunned a world reeling under a pandemic)
Arundhati Ghosh
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Why Vivek Shanbhag’s Kannada novel ‘Ondu Badi Kadalu’ must be translated into other languages
Gayathri Prabhu
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Found in translation: Joginder Paul’s satirical Urdu novel about corruption and greed
Joginder Paul
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Debesh Roy (1936-2020): The Bengali novelist who spent his writing life in search of a local form
Shamik Ghosh