Books of India: English

Check back every Friday for a new set of five! This week's selection includes Amitava Kumar, Ruchira Gupta, Meena Kandasamy, Mukul Kesavan and Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.


A Matter of Rats by Amitava Kumar

Aleph (2013)

Kumar composes an ode for his hometown of Patna, capturing its many avatars as they have emerged through the course of history.


River Of Flesh And Other Stories: The Prostituted Woman In Indian Short Fiction by Ruchira Gupta

Speaking Tiger (2016 edition)

Gupta curates 21 stories about trafficked women in India published by some of the country's most renowned authors.


Ms Militancy by Meena Kandasamy

Navayana (2011)

The poet's second collection of poems where she reintroduces Indian myths through a anti-caste and feminist lens.


Looking Through Glass by Mukul Kesavan

Penguin (2008)

Set in the years leading up to the Partition, a young photographer's life becomes intertwined with those of a set of a diverse characters.


The Adivasi Will Not Dance Stories by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Speaking Tiger (2011)

A short story collection with tales of individuals in their everyday battles of survival, rebellion and hope.


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