Translation
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How the real murders behind Asako Yuzuki’s hit novel ‘Butter’ exposed Japanese media’s misogyny
Martina Baradel, The Conversation
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Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
Perumal Murugan V Iswarya
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Translated romance fiction: As their enmity turns to love, Ram and Anandhi face impossible choices
Akhil P Dharmajan Haritha CK
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From the memoir: Novelist B Jeyamohan writes about the matriarchal family system he grew up in
B Jeyamohan Sangeetha Puthiyedath
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Translated fiction: A vintage steam engine looks back at history while travelling across India
V Shinilal Nandakumar K
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‘In the Light of Shiva’: HS Shivaprakash’s poetry from the last 50 years attests to his greatness
AJ Thomas
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Sunday book pick: Ari Gautier’s ‘The Thinnai’ is a rambunctious novel about Pondicherry’s ‘natives’
Sayari Debnath
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‘Writing is a journey inside your head and sometimes the outside world is an obstacle’: Defne Suman
Diya Isha
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Translated short fiction: Putali, a pregnant cow, tries to birth her calf during fearsome rain
RR Borade Anjali Nerlekar
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‘Beggar’s Bedlam’: Nabarun Bhattacharya’s defiant, magic realist novel about class clashes in Bengal
Saloni Sharma
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Sunday book pick: A shocking tale about the mad pursuit of freedom in Stefan Zweig’s ‘A Chess Story’
Sayari Debnath
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Translated fiction: Aniruddhan tells the police that Mudritha has disappeared. He has never met her
Jissa Jose Jayasree Kalathil
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Translated short stories: Will the bridal party find a car in time to go to the bridegroom’s house?
Arupa Patangia Kalita Mitra Phukan
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‘Merely companies to conduct examinations’: What Lokmanya Tilak thought of Indian universities
Lokmanya Tilak Nadeem Khan Yashodhan Parande
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Fiction: Three women return to Chennai from the Gulf looking to reunite with their loved ones
Ramachandran Usha Krupa Ge
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‘I wished to live like a woman’: A Sri Lankan Tamil activist’s memoir about transitioning
Thanuja Singam Kiran Keshavamurthy
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Fiction: A mysterious man kindles Chintamoni’s dormant desires, bringing her love and money
Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay Ipsa S
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‘The Story of Eve’: Zehra Nigah’s poetry makes the reader feel heard and understood
Ipshita Mitra
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Banaras Lit Fest 2025 Book Awards announces longlists in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation
Scroll Staff
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Translated short fiction: A librarian gets trapped inside a dictionary. Will he be able to get out?
Unni R J Devika