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The short stories in ‘The Second Marriage Of Kunju Namboodiri’ give new life to Malayalam classics
Mahika Dhar
· Yesterday · 08:30 am
Translated short fiction: The scrawny cat that Mahadi so despises was once the pet he loved
Fatimah Busu Pauline Fan
· Apr 10, 2025 · 01:30 pm
Short fiction: Witnessing his brother’s beheading transforms a boy into a deadly headhunter
Subi Taba
· Apr 07, 2025 · 05:30 pm
‘These Tongues that Grow Roots’: Poetic stories on memory and quiet resonances of human experience
Kamalakar Bhat
· Apr 06, 2025 · 06:30 pm
‘Quality translation is important to increase readership’: AJ Thomas, editor of ‘100 Indian Stories’
Majid Maqbool
· Apr 06, 2025 · 05:30 pm
Sunday book pick: Upendranath Ashk’s wickedly funny short stories in ‘Hats and Doctors’
Sayari Debnath
· Apr 06, 2025 · 01:30 pm
Short story: The garment store Devapichai works at is like a prison. Will he be able to escape it?
Vannanilavan Janani Kannan
· Apr 03, 2025 · 05:30 pm
Classic Odia stories: No task is sordid enough for a cremator as long as he gets the right price
Satchidananda Routray Leelawati Mohapatra KK Mohapatra Paul St-Pierre
· Apr 02, 2025 · 05:30 pm
‘Mouth’: A collection of speculative short fiction that breaks the binary of human and the other
Saloni Sharma
· Mar 30, 2025 · 07:30 am
‘The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF’ is every bit is as radical as you think
Devarsi Ghosh
· Mar 29, 2025 · 07:30 am
Classic Malayalam stories in translation: A couple resorts to a philosophical remedy to make money
Malabar K Sukumaran Venugopal Menon
· Mar 27, 2025 · 05:30 pm
‘The World With Its Mouth Open’: Ordinary experiences reflect the absurdity of Kashmir’s reality
Khawar Khan Achakzai
· Mar 22, 2025 · 05:30 pm
‘Life on Mars’: Namita Gokhale writes of the many images of love and heartbreak in new short stories
Sayari Debnath
· Mar 22, 2025 · 01:30 pm
For children: A magical mirror teaches young Riya an important lesson on self-love
Ashima Kaushik
· Mar 21, 2025 · 01:30 pm
Classic short stories from Karnataka: A baby stirs feelings of humanity in a tribe of cannibals
Nanajangudu Thirumalamba Susheela Punitha
· Mar 19, 2025 · 05:30 pm
Translated short fiction: A peculiar fever grips Amma during the cotton harvesting season
Senthil Jagannathan Anjana Shekar
· Mar 14, 2025 · 05:30 pm
‘Not a Day for Outings’: A winner of the Book Review Literary Trust Short Story Contest
Armaan
· Mar 11, 2025 · 05:30 pm
‘Missing Years’: Flash fiction by writer Iffat Nawaz
Iffat Nawaz
· Mar 10, 2025 · 05:30 pm
For children: How will Rajat get one hundred rupees for the boatman to take him across the river?
Poonam Desai
· Mar 10, 2025 · 01:30 pm
Classic horror stories from Bengal: Neela and her father see a ghost in the dead of the night
Manik Bandyopadhyay Arundhati Nath
· Feb 26, 2025 · 05:30 pm
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