Sayari Debnath

A biography of Irawati Karve, essays by writers on their craft, a new way of looking at art, and more.

The final book in Manoranjan Byapari’s Chandal Jibon trilogy, a science fiction novel set in planet Meru, class wars in a south Indian village, and more.

The book was first published in the French in 2019 as ‘Soif'. The English translation by Alison Anderson was published in 2021.

Avtar Singh's new novel takes us to Germany during the grim times of the early Covid-19 lockdowns.

The book, published as ‘Karamachari' in Marathi too, first came out in 1973. It was translated by Vikrant Pande into English and published in 2018.

Irish author Claire Kilroy's novel is in the form of the monologue of a young mother to her baby boy.

This story is from a time that no longer exists. The traditional methods of thievery have given way to approaches that are more dangerous and lethal. Thieves no longer drill holes through walls to steal—only the memories of such activities remain. Pickpockets no longer need any tools; the teeming crowd does the trick. Small-time labourers can poison anyone if they want to—though there is not even the slightest chance of them doing it, for, after all, they can never save up enough money to enjoy a lavish life of crime.

Through alternating narratives of two brothers, the novel shows what happens when we do not know what to do with our grief.

Auden’s poetry here illustrates the trickle-down effect of poorly thought-out decisions of politicians and rulers, and how they affect the common man.

The book often asks if we have ever stopped to consider what the incidents of ‘discovery' might have felt like for the islanders.