stories
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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
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A new book of interlinked short stories charts the life of a Delhi family over thirty years
Sonal Kohli
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‘How did you go from that to marrying him?’ Romance writer Nikita Singh’s new book of love stories
Nikita Singh
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Haunting guide: Aacheri or Besho Bhoot? Kollivai Pisaasu or Ulkamukhi? Can you identify all ghosts?
Riksundar Banerjee
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Seven retold satirical stories starring Mullah Nasruddin that are absurdly relevant today
Delshad Karanjia
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‘I heard sounds come from the water’: Sharanya Manivannan on the images in her new picture book
Sharanya Manivannan
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‘The Amma who took French Leave’: A story from a collection of short fiction about ‘impetuous women’
Shikhandin
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How the retelling of old tales in new form creates an economy of fiction that can trigger change
Varsha Ramachandran
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‘Krantijeevi Tarangini’: Vivek Shanbhag’s story is one of 24 pieces in the ‘Our Freedoms’ anthology
Vivek Shanbhag