The latest releases, retreats, products and services reviewed and digested.
Shahrukh Husain’s latest novel, A Restless Wind offers a fictional account of modern Indian maharajas – the royals who lost their power when
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As someone who once sat in front of an editor and pitched an ‘Asian Bridget Jones saves publishing industry’* feature idea I was
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Small Hands by Mona Arshi This debut collection is small but perfectly formed. The poems are diverse, each deeply personal which offer insight
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reviewed by Jane Wallace There is more than one bad character in this darkly beautiful novel: the term could equally be applied to
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reviewed by Divya Dubey Bani Basu is one of the most prolific writers in Bengal and a recipient of the Tarashankar Award forAntarghaat (Treason),
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reviewed by Nigel Collett Two poets bestrode the cultural life of the Hindu and Muslim communities of India before Partition: for the Hindus,
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reviewed by Divya Dubey The Golden Pigeon, Shahid Siddiqui’s debut work of fiction, is best described not so much as a historical novel
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My Name is….tells the real story of Molly Campbell, who hit headlines in 2006 after running away to Pakistan to live with her
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by Susmita Bhattacharya After a long wait, short stories have finally found a place of their own in the literary world. Alice Munro
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The Husbands, written by Sharmila Chauhan and directed by Janet Steel Reviewed by Farhana Shaikh If this is what a feminist utopia
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