Follow The New Indian Express - Books, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/the-new-indian-express-books Mon, 27 Jun 2022 03:39:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywXIzkBL4HLbYvmyuk5fxzE A collection of photographs that stems from the author’s deeply personal experiences  ]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywXIzkBL4HLbYvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywXIzkBL4HLbYIAmcWJ0TmB For writer and food historian Chitrita Banerjee, the scent of jarda or perfumed tobacco that goes into a Bengali mithey paan transports her to her childhood home in Kolkata.]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywXIzkBL4HLbYIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywXIzkBL4HLbVyOSYGFl6uu Aparna Shewakramani speaks to Trisha Mukherjee about how her experience on the Netflix docu-series Indian Matchmaking propelled her to pen her debut book.  ]]> Sun, 26 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywXIzkBL4HLbVyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzvXQYh4UuFIjRQaTQYXBS9 "You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine" by Ukrainian refugee Yeva Skalietska is scheduled to hit bookstores in October.]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:41:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzvXQYh4UuFIjRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyxDAPHoh8_iLBhSCv31NykC He discusses Dalit writings, Dalit literary organizations and whether he is a 'Dalit writer'.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:58:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyxDAPHoh8_iLBhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywcnmTQ2kRBeKgzzHWHxDTV Just as silence has its own music, sorrow, too, has a rhythm of its own in this translation]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywcnmTQ2kRBeKgzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywcnmTQ2kRBeHMq2h3ehXEp The thing with a detective novel is that when you dive into one, you do so with a sense of purpose––to uncover the truth behind a mystery.]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywcnmTQ2kRBeHMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywcnmTQ2kRBeH-fx8LWuXng An engaging and insightful translation, even for those familiar with multiple versions of Rama’s story]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywcnmTQ2kRBeH-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzGVa3iyASHXDRQaTQYXBS9 A biography about a lesser-known yet significant man in Indian history who took the British head on.]]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzGVa3iyASHXDRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzGVa3iyASHXKbel3Iu4GjH The little red book of short stories dealing with the notion of loss, particularly that of a family member, evokes a deep ache that all of us are now way too familiar with. ]]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzGVa3iyASHXKbel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzGVa3iyASHXJJTpfXVttXD Chronicles of a man who epitomised the idea of the quintessential hero for an entire generation of Indian audience]]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzGVa3iyASHXJJTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywgOa2iKO5V7-QEmsPXZ5C9 Deepak Dennison taps on the rich resources of open-source stories to offer narratives on diversity and inclusivity for children through his book .Tales for Tweens'.]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:11:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywgOa2iKO5V7-QEmsPXZ5C9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzI8BYyo_tcZjRQaTQYXBS9 Deepak Leela Sivarajan is recreating stories and characters from Kerala’s history and mythology to reintroduce them to a global audience]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 02:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyzI8BYyo_tcZjRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywwStJMq148Tm7fhEn5oRuR It’s the early 1960s in California and our heroine is an unconventional scientist Elizabeth Zott.]]> Sun, 05 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywwStJMq148Tm7fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywwStJMq148TqvLeqE6yv18 Nanak Singh, widely regarded as the father of the Punjabi novel, needs no introduction to those familiar with Punjabi literature.]]> Sun, 05 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywwStJMq148TqvLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywwStJMq148Trb9ICM-PHur In this novel that visits the past and strides into the future, technological innovation is both a friend and a foe.  ]]> Sun, 05 Jun 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxywwStJMq148Trb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyxBtfLuQttcSd5ZnUTwRGH7 Rushdie is named a Companion of Honour, an exclusive club with membership limited to just 65 people at any given time, for services to literature.]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2022 08:18:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyxBtfLuQttcSd5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyyWZHZZ1EoNxRhSCv31NykC Booker-shortlisted author Hanya Yanagihara’s tripartite novel is structurally complex, but demonstrates dazzling dexterity]]> Sun, 29 May 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyyWZHZZ1EoNxRhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyyWZHZZ1EoNxdKEpFgimKzx Written by Dalpat Chauhan, and translated by Hemang Ashwinkumar, Vultures is a powerful novel about the evils of caste patriarchy and bonded labour in rural India.]]> Sun, 29 May 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyyWZHZZ1EoNxdKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyyWZHZZ1EoNxSuZukmJ4mr4 Three books that unravel the feminine bond in a family.]]> Sun, 29 May 2022 01:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/K6BqO3XwxyyWZHZZ1EoNxSuZukmJ4mr4