Kiran Bhat — Excerpt: Agrawal has written many poetry collections before, but Eartha is the poet at her most coherent, focused, and piercing.
Anindita Basak — Excerpt: Through its shifting perspectives, the novel conjures an eerie, hypnotic atmosphere — hot monsoon nights, dank hospital halls, the colonial bureaucracy, and whispered conspiracy, hovering between scientific rationality and something more primal.
Asha Krishna — Excerpt: People inhabiting these stories come from different areas of life but their personas come alive on the pages through their aspirations and prejudices, which then offers a sharp insight into how contemporary society — often how Asian society — operates.
Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: Recently announced as the winner of the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Award under the category of English Literature, Easterine Kire’s Spirit Nights (2022) tells a “story of darkness [as] narrated by the Chang Tribe” of Nagaland.
Amlanjyoti Goswami — Excerpt: Prabal Kumar Basu’s book of poetry is a book of whimsical fancy, where surreal realities intersperse with romantic yearning.
