Short stories
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From an anthology of South Asian climate fiction: A hotel for the wealthy makes a village dry up
Prashant Vaze
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Harper Lee’s unpublished stories are not ‘thrilling’ – but offer insight into a literary legend
Paul Giles, The Conversation
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From the Bombay anthology: Snakes and trees jostle for space in Shubhangi Swarup’s story
Shubhangi Swarup
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‘The Life of Violet’: Three unearthed early stories where Virginia Woolf’s genius sparks to life
Jade French, The Conversation
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Translated short fiction by Sara Rai: A writer chases an elusive, brown butterfly
Sara Rai Ira Pande
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Short fiction: A middle-class woman’s hostility toward the garbage collector gives way to compassion
Catherine Thankamma
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Short fiction: A village girl struggles to have her mental health problems taken seriously
Priti Kumari Satyendra Prajapati
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Short fiction: Two cousins prepare for impending adulthood, while their fathers brace themselves
Jim Wungramyao Kasom
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Sunday book pick: ‘Miss Kim Knows’ by Cho Nam-Joo is an escape route out of Korea’s sexist culture
Sayari Debnath
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‘In the New Century’: This anthology edited by Muneeza Shamsie maps Pakistan’s literary evolution
Sarita Jenamani
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‘Courtesans Don’t Read Newspapers’: Anil Yadav’s stories of the Hindi heartland cause shock and rage
Sayari Debnath
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Short fiction: An elderly Vir runs into a rebel who fought against the East India Company in India
Sunny Singh
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‘Stolen Hours’: Manjula Padmanabhan’s sci-fi stories of altered worlds examine our own world
Sruthi Bhattathiri
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Short fiction: Ghanshu and other families in a coal town are forced to move as sinkholes appear
Paromita Goswami
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Speculative short fiction: Janaki, a middle aged woman, is granted an unexpected power
Suchitra Sukumar
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Translated short fiction: Old Hindi songs remind RJ Saheb of the years that have sped by
Anil Yadav Vaibhav Sharma
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Sunday book pick: A mother’s beating heart is at the centre of the anthology ‘Stories of Motherhood’
Sayari Debnath
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Short fiction: Abused by their husbands, the women wonder who the best man in the village is
Endapalli Bharathi VB Sowmya
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Short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto: A daughter’s return reveals the violent price of the Partition
Saadat Hasan Manto Sonakshi Gupta
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‘Tamil: The Best Stories of Our Times’: Tamil modernity, a field of tensions between past and future
Rhea Gangavkar