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· May 24, 2024 · 01:30 pm
For children: Can Sunita and Rakesh harvest rainwater successfully to save their village?
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· Mar 12, 2024 · 01:30 pm
A new series of books puts tales of rural India from P Sainath’s PARI into stories for children
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· Aug 27, 2023 · 01:30 pm
A fresh retelling brings 69 stories from the ‘Panchatantra’ to a new generation of readers
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· Apr 12, 2023 · 03:30 pm
Manu Bhatthathiri’s new short stories illuminate the dark corners of small towns – with humour
Saloni Sharma
· Nov 12, 2022 · 12:30 pm
‘A Case of Indian Marvels’ is an essential effort to find the finest new Indian fiction writers
Sayari Debnath
· Oct 02, 2022 · 08:30 am
‘Stories of the True’: This collection of Jeyamohan’s stories in translation is rooted in real life
Saloni Sharma
· Sep 24, 2022 · 12:30 pm
‘The Ghost’: Sehyr Mirza’s story from a new collection of short stories from India and Pakistan
Sehyr Mirza
· Aug 01, 2022 · 08:30 am
‘Ruffled Feathers’: A new collection of short fiction captures people navigating a grim world
V Sanjay Kumar
· May 25, 2022 · 05:30 pm
Why stories are a vital part of our lives: Understanding their science and politics
Claire Corbett, The Conversation
· May 08, 2022 · 05:30 pm
Poet Keki Daruwalla’s new book of short fiction explores family ties with mysterious tales
Keki N Daruwalla
· May 05, 2022 · 05:30 pm
A new book retells captivating oral stories from various deserts of India
Shaguna Gahilote Prarthana Gahilote
· Apr 06, 2022 · 05:30 pm
Carlo Pizzati’s new book tells stories of the power of objects over life and secrets
Carlo Pizzati
· Mar 01, 2022 · 05:30 pm
These short story collections make us wonder why novels monopolise all the love and attention
Chitra Ahanthem
· Dec 26, 2021 · 08:30 am
This story shows why Ruskin Bond’s supernatural fiction is some of his finest writing
Ruskin Bond
· Dec 22, 2021 · 05:30 pm
This book of stories from Nagaland plays out personal histories during intense political turmoil
Shuktara Lal
· Dec 11, 2021 · 08:30 am
A new book of interlinked short stories charts the life of a Delhi family over thirty years
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· Sep 21, 2021 · 05:30 pm
‘How did you go from that to marrying him?’ Romance writer Nikita Singh’s new book of love stories
Nikita Singh
· Aug 26, 2021 · 05:30 pm
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· May 21, 2021 · 08:30 am
Seven retold satirical stories starring Mullah Nasruddin that are absurdly relevant today
Delshad Karanjia
· Apr 09, 2021 · 08:30 am
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