In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Kayal and her boss, Neela, have created a bibliophilic paradise in […]
One Part Woman, by Perumal Murugan
For a long time and in many places (and still is in many places) the […]
Mother India, by Tova Reich
It would be tempting to read Tova Reich’s Mother India while looking for who to blame […]
Lands of Lost Borders, by Kate Harris
Kate Harris says near the beginning of her book, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds […]
The Tale of the Missing Man, by Manzoor Ahtesham
Character can mean either a person imagined up by an author, but also the strengths […]
Half Gods, by Akil Kumarasamy
Akil Kumarasamy’s story collection, Half Gods, is, I think, a collection that requires a bit of […]
The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey
Sujata Massey’s The Widows of Malabar Hill rings a lot of my bells: tough, original female protagonist; […]
The Association of Small Bombs, by Karan Mahajan
Whenever there is a terrorist attack or a mass shooting, after the victims are counted, […]
An Unrestored Woman, by Shobha Rao
In An Unrestored Woman, Shobha Rao tells a series of stories about characters that brush each […]
The Pagoda Tree, by Claire Scobie
Maya was born to dance. When she dances to tell the stories of the Hindu pantheon, […]