stories
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For children: Young Tina is torn between her cigar-smoking cat and her father who doesn’t want a pet
Padmini Mongia
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Folk tale from Tripura: A man turns into a gibbon after plucking the mythical Kherengbar flower
Malashri Lal Namita Gokhale
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‘The Sky Husband’: Easterine Kire’s book of short stories shows the enduring charm of the mundane
Priyanka Chatterjee
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‘Why I Killed My Husband’: Anita Nair’s ‘state of the nation’ stories leave little room for subtlety
Sayari Debnath
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For children: Adi is a bright student but his quirkiness makes his classmates consider him a weirdo
Zarin Virji
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For children: Can Sunita and Rakesh harvest rainwater successfully to save their village?
Sylvia Sikundar Stephen Aitken
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A new series of books puts tales of rural India from P Sainath’s PARI into stories for children
Rati Girish
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A fresh retelling brings 69 stories from the ‘Panchatantra’ to a new generation of readers
Meena Arora Nayak
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Manu Bhatthathiri’s new short stories illuminate the dark corners of small towns – with humour
Saloni Sharma
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‘A Case of Indian Marvels’ is an essential effort to find the finest new Indian fiction writers
Sayari Debnath
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‘Stories of the True’: This collection of Jeyamohan’s stories in translation is rooted in real life
Saloni Sharma
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‘The Ghost’: Sehyr Mirza’s story from a new collection of short stories from India and Pakistan
Sehyr Mirza
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‘Ruffled Feathers’: A new collection of short fiction captures people navigating a grim world
V Sanjay Kumar
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Why stories are a vital part of our lives: Understanding their science and politics
Claire Corbett, The Conversation
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Poet Keki Daruwalla’s new book of short fiction explores family ties with mysterious tales
Keki N Daruwalla
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A new book retells captivating oral stories from various deserts of India
Shaguna Gahilote Prarthana Gahilote
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Carlo Pizzati’s new book tells stories of the power of objects over life and secrets
Carlo Pizzati
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These short story collections make us wonder why novels monopolise all the love and attention
Chitra Ahanthem
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This story shows why Ruskin Bond’s supernatural fiction is some of his finest writing
Ruskin Bond
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This book of stories from Nagaland plays out personal histories during intense political turmoil
Shuktara Lal