Aruni Sunil

Aruni is a writer based in Bangalore. She enjoys dabbling in the world of books, films, and poetry, and seeks creative inspiration from blank screens and indie rock.

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Book Review: The Anger of Saintly Men

Anubha Yadav’s debut novel calls out toxic masculinity within Indian families and society at large through its nuanced and unafraid take on what it means to be a “man” in India.

Book Review: The Black Anthology: Language

The Black Anthology: Language from ૧૦:૧૦ Press wields the power of language to reclaim Black identity and culture.

Book Review: No Straight Thing Was Ever Made

This collection of essays by Urvashi Bahuguna is likely to be a source of comfort, awareness, and reassurance for anyone who has struggled with their own—or a loved one’s—mental illness.

Anushka Jasraj

Telling It Slant

In conversation with two-time Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Anushka Jasraj about her stories and characters, surrealism, and her writing process.

A Burning Megha Majumdar

Book Review: A Burning

An achingly real take on the affairs of 21st century India, A Burning traces three lives struggling against communal politics and fighting for social and economic mobility.

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Book Review: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Deepa Anappara’s debut novel is vivid and deeply moving, plunging you into the distraught lives inhabiting a slum in a smog-heavy, unnamed Indian city.

The Cliffhangers

Book Review: The Cliffhangers

A coming-of-age tale, Sabin Iqbal’s debut novel is a nuanced blend of the personal and the political, set against the dreamy backdrop of a picturesque coastal village in Kerala.

Celestial Bodies

Book Review: Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi’s Man Booker International Prize-winning novel employs elaborate and poetic prose as it gazes into Oman’s cultural bounty.

Milk Teeth Amrita Mahale

Book Review: Milk Teeth

Amrita Mahale’s debut novel takes you on an engaging journey through the crowded streets and tiresome middle-class hypocrisy of ’90s Bombay.