In this feature, Lubaina discusses the challenges with taking children’s literature festivals online and what their future is in a pandemic-hit world.
In this feature, Lubaina discusses the challenges with taking children’s literature festivals online and what their future is in a pandemic-hit world.
Surabhi talks about reading graphic novels and how they have helped her develop a taste for understanding complex narratives through the visual medium.
Miranda Popkey explored the different facets of love and desire in women through her book ‘Topics of Conversation’. Find out how.
Booklists
Ranging from topics like Kashmir to LGBTQIA+ issues, here are 9 of the most amazing Indian graphic novels for you to go crazy over.
This list of books with one letter titles, featuring authors like John Updike and Christina Dalcher is bound to add more variety to your TBR list.
These books by female authors about Partition gives us their nuanced perspective on the forced migration that uprooted and affected the lives of millions.
This list is perfect for those looking to discover Enid Blyton books that they missed out on earlier or for gifting to a child who loves them.
These Indian feminist fiction books include the works of Mahasweta Devi, Krishna Sobti and others, and explore what it means to be a woman in India.
The Curious Reader (November 2017- August 2020) was an Indian online literary magazine that looked at the world through the lens of literature.
Surabhi talks about reading graphic novels and how they have helped her develop a taste for understanding complex narratives through the visual medium.
This list of books with one letter titles, featuring authors like John Updike and Christina Dalcher is bound to add more variety to your TBR list.
In this excerpt from ‘The Day Before Today’, the narrator tries to get an update on her family who are stuck inside a quarantine zone.
In this essay, Varsha talks about the challenges faced and the learning gained while hosting online literary events in this COVID-19 era.
In this excerpt from ‘Body And Blood’, Rithu and Pretty discuss a video they discovered on the Internet, and its implications for them.
These books by female authors about Partition gives us their nuanced perspective on the forced migration that uprooted and affected the lives of millions.
Nirbhay discusses how the lockdown helped his child’s reading habits develop and made her use literature as an inspiration for some fun activities.
In this excerpt from ‘Kintsugi’, we learn about Haruko – a design student who has travelled to Jaipur to learn the craft of meenakari from Madanji.
This list is perfect for those looking to discover Enid Blyton books that they missed out on earlier or for gifting to a child who loves them.
In this essay, Shreemayee tells us why ‘The Naughtiest Girl’ has remained her perennial favourite, and the valuable lessons she’s learnt from the series.
Pallavi discusses how rereading Enid Blyton reminded her that just because she couldn’t travel did not mean that she was starved of exploration.
These Indian feminist fiction books include the works of Mahasweta Devi, Krishna Sobti and others, and explore what it means to be a woman in India.
This list of novels on Kashmir includes works by authors who have realistically portrayed the current condition of Kashmir and its inhabitants.
In this feature, Aakanksha explores how Russian poet Anna Akhmatova used her poetry as a form of resistance against Stalin’s tyrannical government.
An exposé on Lal Bahadur Shastri’s death, the history of RAW, and other non-fiction books by Indian authors await you this August.
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