(iUniverse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2015. ISBN: 978 1 4917 4364 5. 360 pp $19.95) A World Elsewhere is Shanta Acharya’s first book of fiction. Set in the eastern state of Odisha in India, the novel chronicles the life of Asha, born after a prolonged pregnancy, into what appears a loving, privileged family. There are several books…
Letter to Editor by Charles Ponnuthurai Sarvan Berlin, Germany. A Sri Lankan Tamil friend wrote to me wondering why thousands of Tamils, both within and outside the Island, devoutly followed the Tiger leader. Even more, why do so many – more in the diaspora, he thinks, than within Sri Lanka – still ‘believe’ in him? Why…
by Huma Price Sangeeta Bahadur’s launch of Vikraal at Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London was a buzzing affair with many local and visiting literary personalities sharing their experience of the book. As an introduction Sangeeta is an Indian Foreign Service Officer, currently posted as Minister (Culture) in the post of Director of the…
by Divya Mathur In collaboration with ‘Alchemy’ – Southbank Centre’s festival of South Asian culture – the ‘Jaipur Literature Festival-Southbank’ was held on the 16th and 17th of May 2015, in London. It travelled to London for the second time with a creative caravan of writers and thinkers, poets and balladeers. Showcasing South Asia’s…