Nina Miller — Excerpt: Dasgupta invites us into his world, introduces us to the food, the scents, the language, the music, and generously lets us linger long past the crickets have gone to sleep.
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Preserving a Heritage: Sita Bhaskar’s Rukmini Aunty and the R.K. Narayan Fan Club
Anjana Basu — Excerpt: [The] mix of literary history into the present-day narrative adds charm and layers to the book. One could call it an attempt to revive the interest in Narayan with a younger generation of readers.
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The Other Epics of India: Gurram Jashuva’s Gabbilam
Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: Considering how deeply epics shape our day-to-day life, it comes as somewhat of a surprise to realize how narrow and limited our knowledge is when it comes to epic stories.
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Gather Round, It’s Katha Time: Review of Sumitra Singam’s Mother Karma, A Novella-in-Flash
Nina Miller — Excerpt: Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam is a novella-in-flash that deftly weaves the story of a migrant family with moments from the Ramayana, mirroring the unfolding narrative.
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On Absence of Indian Revolution: A Review of Manu Joseph’s Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us
Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: Any middle-class person in India with a bit of conscience, and sometimes assisted with general education about world history, would have asked themselves at some point in their lives the same question which Manu Joseph poses.