The Curse: Stories by Salma ( Translated by N. Kalyan Raman) Publisher: Speaking Tiger Year of publication: 2020 / October Pages: 192 Price: INR 350 Book Blurb: In The Curse, acclaimed author and poet Salma blasts through the artifice of genre an language to reveal the messy, violent, vulnerable and sometimes beautiful realities of being a […]
An exclusive excerpt from Bride of the Forest: The Untold Story of Yayati’s Daughter by Madhavi S. Mahadevan. Published by Speaking Tiger Books, 2020. Yayati The forest was already a lush, tangled dream. In the runny light of dawn what appeared surreal to the girl’s eyes was the city of Pratisthan—the yellow of its brick walls, the disarray of […]
“Nothing lasts long And you want to say to each moment Stay, stay, stay!” On lonely nights, even the hum of a refrigerator is company, the whirring of a fan is comforting, the tick-tock of a clock is reassuring. And, of course, the night sky is a loyal companion – I talk with the moon […]
