Genre: Social commentary

Invisible People - Harsh Mander — Invisible People by Harsh Mander, is a collection of short stories about the lives of people, who found themselves in frightening and desperate circumstances, often for reasons beyond their control. The stories explore, how these people coped, and sometimes even blossomed, with the raw hand life had dealt them. The […]

Invisible People – Harsh Mander

Must-Read Non fiction Short Stories Social commentary Young Adult by Kanika G

Drawing the Line - (ed.) Priya Kuriyan, Larissa Bertonasco & Ludmilla Bartscht — In the aftermath of the Nirbhaya incident, somewhere amidst the uproar created by victim-blaming politicians and sensational news that was served aplenty in all channels and media, there was a mutation in the DNA of the country – a mutation, that triggered a spirit of fighting back, in the attitude […]

Drawing the Line – (ed.) Priya Kuriyan, Larissa Bertonasco & ...

Must-Read Feminism Graphic fiction Social commentary Visual art by Menaka S

The Lesson - Sowmya Rajendran — The Lesson written by Sowmya Rajendran is a chilling depiction of the society that we live in. The society that we live in? Yes, you heard that right. All the symbolic characters and institutions in the book are not in some dystopian world; they exist very much as a part […]

The Lesson – Sowmya Rajendran

Must-Read Satire Social commentary by OO

As I close the book Mathorupagan by Perumal Murugan, and struggle to gather my thoughts on this book, particularly in the backdrop of the furore its translation (One Part Woman by Aniruddh Vasudevan) has created and the resultant decision of the author, I realize that this is one of those […]

Mathorupagan – Perumal Murugan

Must-Read Literary fiction Social commentary Subregional literature by Menaka S