From Miss Mackenzie to Hassan: A window to Ruskin Bond’s laid back characters
Reading Ruskin Bond is not just a voyage into his books, but into a world that is now rapidly receding.
Five gems of regional Indian literature one should read
Let us celebrate the Indian books from non-English Indian literature diaspora that one must read as the year turns 2017.
The Vegetarian: Han Kang rejects more than meat
“The Vegetarian” has become a cult international bestseller since it first appeared on shelves in 2007. Publication rights have been sold in nearly 20 countries and it was adapted into a Korean film that played at Sundance in 2010.
Veiled: The writing and the life of Ismat Chughtai
Any study on Urdu short stories, feminism in South-East Asia and progressive ideology in Urdu literature is incomplete without taking into account the works of Ismat Chughtai.
Two Mantos: Shades of the greatest short story teller of South Asia
As the 70th anniversary of Indo-Pak partition looms next year, filmmakers and publishers find a renewed interest in the life of Saadat Hasan Manto.
5 Badass literary heroines we need to idolise in our daily lives
Literary Goddesses that we literally need to idolize in our lives to break stereotypes and kick asses.
Rolling Blackouts: A graphic non-fiction on Middle East sets standard for reporting
In her latest graphic memoir Sarah Glidden explores a fresh realm of graphic journalism and surpasses all the platforms of traditional storytelling.
In pictures: 10 of world’s endangered indigenous tribes in their pristine homelands
Photographs from Jimmy Nelson's newest collection 'Before They Pass Away 2' on indigenous tribes go on display at Brussels’ La Photographie Galerie.