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Tamil women grieve during a ceremony commemorating those who died in the civil war at Mullivaikkal village in northern Sri Lanka on May 18, 2024.

Into the heart of Sri Lanka’s civil war

Through one Tamil family’s entanglement with the LTTE movement, V.V. Ganeshananthan’s award-winning novel traces the human cost of conflict.
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Sisters under the skin

Manju Kapur’s latest novel is an exploration of the lives of women: their inclinations and desires, and their compromises.
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The stories are set in the US, and like Vauhini Vara, many of the protagonists are Americans of Indian descent.

Death, decay, and disintegration

Vauhini Vara’s This is Salvaged is a brooding analysis of loss that is sometimes weighed down by its theme.
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Emerging into the light: Review of ‘Furies’

This collection of short stories to mark 50 years of the feminist press Virago is a riotous celebration of women in all their infinite variety.
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Breaking points: Review of Anukrti Upadhyay’s ‘The Blue Women’

This collection of short stories is an engrossing read, with each story unspooling to reveal a deep rot within minds and relationships.
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Calcutta on your plate

A bite of history

The book is as much a deep-dive into the breathtaking smorgasbord of Calcutta’s cuisine.
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The other half

The novel portrays how patriarchal social norms wield an inordinate amount of power over women.
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