Translation
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‘Conversations with Aurangzeb’: An absurdist questioning of our histories
Ila Manish
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Writer Sandhya Mary and translator Jayasree Kalathil on how their new book dissects ‘madness’
Mahika Dhar
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EBRD Literature Prize shortlist: This Arabic novel explores the struggle to make sense of death
Alawiya Sobh Max Weiss
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Fiction by Damodar Mauzo: Love helps Vipin find a separate identity from his cold, unloving family
Damodar Mauzo Jerry Pinto
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‘The Chandayan’: The 14th-century Sufi romance brought to life by a new translation and essays
Rana Safvi
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‘The Solitude of a Shadow’: A novel of unsettling moralities and sympathy with the wretched
Ila Manish
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Abanindranath Tagore’s stories for children about the Sun Dynasty of Mewar get new English versions
Abanindranath Tagore Sandipan Deb
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Fiction: An unnamed narrator wants to take revenge on the man who molested his sister 30 years ago
Devibharathi N Kalyan Raman
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‘Bear With Me, Amma’: For writer MT Vasudevan, fiction is a blend of reality and imagination
Sonal Dugar
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Travelogue: In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Durgacharan Rakshit travelled to most parts of India
Durgacharan Rakshit Sarbani Putatunda
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In translation: Subimal Misra’s ‘anti-stories’ about the Gulf War and other man-made atrocities
Subimal Misra V Ramaswamy
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In Manav Kaul’s new pandemic novel, Rohit is forced to confront his relationships with past lovers
Manav Kaul Vaibhav Sharma
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‘Beneath the Simolu Tree’: How the ordinary can inspire complex relationships with art and grief
Saloni Sharma
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Writer Sharanya Manivannan on her picture book being translated into Tamil, her mother tongue
Sharanya Manivannan
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March reading: Six hot-off-the-press fiction books to welcome the new month
Sayari Debnath
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Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee’s Bengali translation of ‘Staliner Divan’ wins Romain Rolland Book Prize
Scroll Staff
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‘Mithun Number Two’: Jayant Kaikini’s stories present the impossible dream – and reality – of Mumbai
Sayari Debnath
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Translated fiction: Prince Mriganko’s murder has sent shockwaves of sorrow across the entire kingdom
Rita Chowdhury Reeta Borbora
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Translated fiction: Bengali master Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s short stories about the paranormal
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Prasun Roy
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‘To affirm a national literature’: Why three editors have created an anthology of Sri Lankan poetry
Sayari Debnath