Review: The Tainted by Cauvery Madhavan
by Leela Soma Set in South India, in the tiny cantonment of Nandagiri The Tainted by Cauvery Madhavan traces the lives of the
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Books
Books by South Asian writers and those that are about South Asia
20 Books by Asian authors to read in 2020
Brace yourselves, 2020 sees Asian authors returning to what they know and love: literary fiction. I don’t remember a time quite like it.
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Review: Exquisite Cadavers by Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy’s latest novel, Exquisite Cadavers began as a response to her second novel, When I Hit You. It follows the story of
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Indian writers dominate The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist
Indian writers once again dominate the shortlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, which was announced earlier this month (November
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Review: Crossroads Festival, Saturday 5 October 2019
Rehearsal Room 1 of Leicester’s Curve Theatre has mirrored walls, free-standing doors, and a staircase to nowhere. An appropriate setting for the inaugural
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Review: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
‘Imagine building an observatory over St. Paul’s Cathedral?’ A provocative question posed by Amitav Ghosh at the National Book Festival, in D.C. Ghosh was replying
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Becoming a Writer – what I learnt
I was lucky enough to be on the The Asian Writer’s ‘Becoming a writer’ course early last year, at a time when I
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My intentions as a poet: what I learnt from my poetry mentor
Last October, I attended the Asian Writer’s Festival for the second year running. A uniquely nurturing space, I particularly loved hearing wonderful poets
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Review: JLF Belfast 2019
In 2011 I had travelled to Jaipur Literary Festival, THE JLF in Jaipur. It was a gigantic affair with all the glamour that
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Amita Murray
In my debut novel The Trouble with Rose, Rilla Kumar ditches her fiancé Simon Langton at the altar to ask her Great Indian
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