Check in every Wednesday for a new set of five! This week's selection includes Himanshi Shelat, Joseph Macwan, Bhagvatikumar Sharma, Govardhanram Madhavaram Tripathi and Jhaverchand Meghani.
Andhari Galima Safed Tapakan by Himanshi Shelat
This short story collection won its author the Sahitya Akademi Award. Shelat's work is influenced by Mahasweta Devi, George Elliot and Jane Austen.
Angaliyat by Joseph Macwan
Translated as The Stepchild by Rita Kothari
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, the novel explores dimensions of gender and caste through the relationship between the community of weavers, the Vankars, and their oppressors, the more powerful, upper caste Patels.
Asuryalok by Bhagvatikumar Sharma
First serialized in Janmabhoomi Pravasi, Asuryalok is a family saga novel about a father, his son and his grandson, who deal with the family's hereditary affliction of blindness. It won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Saraswatichandra by Govardhanram Madhavaram Tripathi
Translated as Saraswatichandra by Tridip Suhrud
The novel is set in two fictional towns, Suvarnapur and Ratnanagari, during the 19th-century feudal era, and revolves around Saraswatichandra, a young, idealistic lawyer. The work was adapted into several plays, radio plays, films and TV series.
Sorathi Baharvatiya by Jhaverchand Meghani
A recipient of many awards like Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak and Mahida Paaritoshik, Meghani has written not just poetry but several short stories, novels and travelogues.
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