A short fiction anthology showcases both young and established writers from every part of South Asia and its diaspora. The stories in this selection titled “The Banyan and Her Roots” were originally published in the “Read More
Sabarna Roy is a trained Civil Engineer and passed out with a First Class Honours Civil Engineering Degree from Jadavpur University in 1988. He is presently working as Senior Vice President and is in the 25th Read More
Mehta was a staff writer for ‘The New Yorker’ magazine for 33 years. His 24 books included volumes of reportage on India Celebrated Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who overcame blindness and became widely known as the 20th-century Read More
Both Aruna Nambiar and Priya Balasubramanian are writers who have delivered strongly South Indian characters on a platter of beautiful, nostalgic words. ?On December 23, the authors came together at The New Indian Express’s Dakshin Read More
My idea of fantasy is fairly whitewashed. You know, with the Fair Folk and golden-haired maidens in towers. Although Western history is great inspiration—I too swoon over knights in shining armor who insist on Read More
This Christmas is going to be very special for many reasons. The beauty of Christmas has manifested owing to the pandemic era. A lot of things which were considered abnormal have become the new normal. Read More
Here are a few tips for budding authors and storytellers who want to make a career in writing. HIGHLIGHTS Unless you find your way up to the top, writing is a rather unassertive full-time option. Read More
India’s first woman novelist to write in English was Krupabai Satthianadan (1862-1894) — a native of Bombay Presidency. Her novel — which was published posthumously — is considered as the first piece of Indian writing read by Read More
Elena Ferrante listed her favourite 40 books by female authors and Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ and ‘The God of Small Things’ by Arundhati Roy made it to the list. Elena Ferrante is the pseudonym Read More