Anjana Basu — Excerpt: Bond left the hills as little as he could, and the foothills of the Himalayas, with their myths and natural beauty, form the backdrop of his writing.
Kathiravan Annamalai — Excerpt: The Real Thing challenges its audience to figure out what is genuine and real amidst different layers of theatricality and contrasting viewpoints.
Shome Dasgupta — Excerpt: Gaudry plants a myriad of beings, both on the pages and in the author herself, or rather, authors herself. The readers are just serving as witnesses to it all.
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad — Excerpt: Saraswati’s debut collection introduces a distinct sensibility that glides smoothly between the personal and the mythic, giving adequate scale and weight to both dimensions.
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.