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In her debut novel, Roshi Fernando beautifully captures the guilt and loneliness of a tightly knit Sri Lankan famiy in South London.
With her second book, Meghna Pant offers an emotional, compelling insight into the lives of people around us.
In conversation with Karthika Nair about her poetry, scripting dances, and escaping labels.
In Tharun James Jimani’s debut novel, the personification of the 1990s, while never quite made obvious, is apparent in every page.
The Lowland has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize this year along with five other nominees. Details inside.
Teacher, poet, and photographer: Nitoo Das speaks to us in an exclusive interview about writing and performing poetry, and her love of birds.
Despite the emotions that bind this collection of stories, Kumar’s prose is never elegiac. There is always humour, love, and the possibility of redemption.
Revathi Suresh’s debut effort is a coming-of-age novel and it takes that trope head on, without cloaking it in something else.
The representation of young adults and their issues in 17-year-old Suzanne Sangi’s debut novel is surprisingly competent.
Judy Balan’s second book ends up being an echo of what might have been, in an alternate universe, an incisive, fun novel.
My mom has thrown away my Kama Sutra book. At least that is what I think happened to it.
In conversation with acclaimed artist Eddie Campbell, best known as the co-creator and publisher of seminal graphic novel From Hell.
