Spanning Kerala, the Arabian Gulf and more, the celebrated Malayalam novelist’s works narrate the realities of globalisation from below, and the heavy burdens of displacement and migration
Events like the Galle Literary Festival and Matara Festival for the Arts have always been elite playgrounds, but now – to their detriment – they are also increasingly arenas of state power and international politics
A conversation with the author Smriti Ravindra on her debut novel ‘The Woman Who Climbed Trees’, and how it sheds light on the long-ignored topic of the Madhesi experience, particularly that of women
The Canadian documentary chronicles the fight for justice after a 13-year-old girl was gang-raped in Jharkhand, but its reckless approach violates India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
Verghese returns to familiar themes in ‘The Covenant of Water’ – modern medicine, political upheavals, and more – to confirm himself as a writer of his own type of global novel
Two publications offer a window into the workings of Himalayan art collections in the West – where the buyers and sellers are more mysterious than the esoteric artefacts they trade in
