‘Ma is Scared’: Anjali Kajal’s short stories step into the lives of ordinary women in northern India

Areeb Ahmad

· Apr 07, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Short fiction: A 79-year-old widow is shocked by her desire to dress up like a bride on her birthday

Santanu Das

· Apr 01, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: A middle-aged Nepali man comes to terms with his sexuality in an orthodox social system

Ranjan Adiga

· Mar 29, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘Bear With Me, Amma’: For writer MT Vasudevan, fiction is a blend of reality and imagination

Sonal Dugar

· Mar 17, 2024 · 07:30 am

These short stories set in Bangladesh explore what it is to be human in a violent, grieving world

Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

· Feb 29, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: A new book of short stories dwells on the human subconsciousness and forbidden desires

Aparna Sanyal

· Feb 28, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘Mithun Number Two’: Jayant Kaikini’s stories present the impossible dream – and reality – of Mumbai

Sayari Debnath

· Feb 24, 2024 · 08:30 am

Fiction: Will Ashima reunite with her long-lost daughter, whom she was forced to give away at birth?

Bulbul Sharma

· Feb 23, 2024 · 05:30 pm

This new anthology is a collection of 21 short stories about Bombay, Mumbai, and its people

Mohan Rakesh Jerry Pinto

· Feb 19, 2024 · 05:30 pm

In translation: Jayant Kaikini’s new book of short stories is set in Mumbai, India’s Maximum City

Jayant Kaikini Tejaswini Niranjana

· Feb 05, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘Urdu: The Best Stories of Our Times’ engages with critical issues and offers no easy solutions

Saloni Sharma

· Jan 28, 2024 · 08:30 am

‘A new imagination of social justice is emerging in modern Malayali fiction’: Translator J Devika

Diya Isha

· Jan 21, 2024 · 08:30 am

A new book brings short stories by the Tamil writer Imayam to readers in English translation

Imayam Prabha Sridevan

· Jan 04, 2024 · 05:30 pm

A new book of Urdu short stories in translation reveals contemporary Kolkata in unexpected ways

Mahmoud Yasien Afif Shams Siddiqi

· Jan 03, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘Welcome to Paradise’: Twinkle Khanna, besides being Bollywood royalty, is a writer on her own merit

Sayari Debnath

· Dec 24, 2023 · 08:30 am

From Twinkle Khanna’s new book: An elderly woman emails the CJI for a ‘nice cut-off’ age to die

Twinkle Khanna

· Dec 13, 2023 · 05:30 pm

‘Our Strangers’: Lydia Davis’s new stories address contradictions and absurdities of postmodern life

Tamlyn Avery, The Conversation

· Dec 10, 2023 · 05:30 pm

This anthology brings a selection of Malayalam short stories over the decades in English translation

Asokan Charuvil AJ Thomas

· Dec 08, 2023 · 05:30 pm

December fiction reads: Six recently published books to end the year with

Sayari Debnath

· Dec 03, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘This is Salvaged’: Decay and preservation take centrestage in Vauhini Vara’s new short stories

Sayari Debnath

· Dec 02, 2023 · 08:30 am