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      • Women's Fiction
        2019

        Serpents Under my Veil

        by Asiya Zahoor

        It is quite remarkable that in her very first volume, Serpents Under my Veil, Asiya Zahoor sounds like an accomplished poet with reams of poems behind her. From Medusa to Yusuf and Zulekha she cherry- p cks what she wants from Greek or West Asian myth, and moulds it to her heart’s desire. As helicopters ‘fan civilizations on her head’ she flies with her verse, and most poems are stamped with her spontaneity. Her imagery is striking, for instance Zulekha holds the moon as a mirror, what a wonderful image. Her very poem in the book reminds me of Imtiaz Dharker.

      • Fiction

        Kadambari Devi's Suicide Note

        by Ranjan Bandyopadhyay

        Rabindranath Tagore is 23. His sister-in-law Kadambari Devi is 25. She kills herself. Why does she commit suicide? Her suicide- note, to Rabindranath, which is a long valedictory letter that sums up the tragic story of the ill-fated woman answers this question. Finally we know the secret!

      • Historical fiction

        Exiled From Ayodhya A Journey in Search of Ramayana

        A Journey in Search of Ramayana

        by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

        Much   water   has   been   muddied   where Ayodhya is concerned. In the past three decades, Ayodhya has been the epicentre of heated political and cultural debate, culminating into probably the most important court verdict in the history of modern India. But what was Ayodhya like when the Babri Masjid was still standing? Was the meaning of the Ramayana different? A travelling journalist dips into his memories to take us through a journey of Ayodhya to trace the path of Ram's exile, to match it to existing geography. Along the way, we meet people and places, all trying to make their own meaning of what the Ramayana and its titular hero mean to them.

      • Fiction

        Tejo Tungabhadra

        by Vasudhendra

        Those were the last years of the 15th century. Staking their lives, the strong Portuguese sailors had already discovered the sea route to  India.  Awe-struck  by  India’s  affluence, they had become instrumental for the commencement of independent pepper trade in Europe. The whole world was praising their adventure. But what was the impact of these historic events on common people? How did the common man suffer in this chess game of religion and politics? This historic novel of about 450 pages tries to answer the above questions through the life of the common man.

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