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The Things We Preserve

New Indian Express1d ago

I wanted to write historical fiction somewhat outside of the genre,” says poet Rebecca Perry. In her Booker-shortlisted debut novel, May We Feed the King, she does exactly that, favouring specific...

Conan Doyle Meets Christie

New Indian Express1d ago

There is something almost reassuringly old-fashioned about The Final Problem. In an age when murder mysteries increasingly arrive wrapped in psychological trauma, unreliable narrators and elaborate...

Where Stories Take Root

New Indian Express1d ago

The names had taken root long before the trees did. Mani maruthu, Mandharam, Ilanji, Kodappana—were words celebrity author and sreenwriter Anand Neelakantan first encountered in Malayalam songs...