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Damodar Mauzo
In a sleepy village in Goa, a child grows up in a house whose windows are
never opened. The door is often locked as well, and no visitors ever come
…
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'You cannot catch a city in words. You cannot catch a city at all, ' write the editors
of this anthology. So how do you get the spirit of India's…
Jerry Pinto
Description
Bound by the need for breath
We lie on beds of foaming rubber.
But the room is filled with
The rhythm of blood and need and the story.
We…
In a tiny flat in Bombay Imelda Mendes - Em to her family - is by turns flamboyant, maniacally affectionate and cruelly candid. Her husband - Augustine, the ‘Big Hoom’…
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Now a byword in the art world, the story of Gallery Chemould begins in
the 1940s when Kekoo Gandhy decided to set up a picture-framing store on
Princess Street. To…
In 2012, Jerry Pinto published his debut novel, ‘Em and the Big Hoom’, which drew upon his experience of living with a mother who was bipolar. It touched thousands of…
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Will you drive a taxi? Dance the ballet? Cure a disease? Or become an
Olympic archer?
Jerry Pinto answers…
The granddaughter of Seth Cursetjee Manekjee Shroff, the noted philanthropist
whose statue in Byculla Mumbaikers fondly call 'Khada Parsi', Dosebai Cowasjee
Jessawalla (1832-1911) was one of the first Indian girls…
It is now well over three decades since the Hindi-film heroine drove the vamp
into extinction, and even longer since the silver screen was ignited by the
true Bollywood version…
I want a poem like thick tropical rain.
Dense green spatter of syllables,
Drumbeat consonants, fertile with meaning.
Sudden. Short. Unforgettable.
Afterwards, jungle silence.
I want a poem like…
Salman Rushdie, Rabindranath Tagore, Jhumpa Lahiri, Aravind Adiga, Jerry Pinto, Damodar Mauzo
Few countries celebrate religious and cultural festivals with greater passion, imagination, and joy than India. And among the many festivals of this gloriously diverse, multicultural nation is Christmas. The Christian…
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A superb first book of poetry for children by award-winning author Jerry Pinto.
Why is the hamster such a scamster?
What’s it with mothers and coconut oil?
What happens to…
Narayan Surve
Abandoned soon after birth, Narayan Gangaram Surve (1926-2010) was
brought up by mill workers, but left to fend for himself once again at the age
of twelve in the chawls…
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Ganesh Matkari
‘On one side, the sea. On the other, the city. A city that seemed to believe that the Queen’s Necklace was enough past for it, a city sacrificing its beauty…
Behold! The Word is God contains a selection of 51 abhangas (devotional poems)
from celebrated Bhakti poet Tukaram's vast oeuvre, each Marathi abhanga
followed by two English interpretations-Shanta Gokhale's and…
Shanta Gokhale
A collection of writings by an incandescent and gloriously eclectic intellectual of contemporary India.
For over four decades, Shanta Gokhale has entertained, informed and challenged us with her insightful, witty…
Swadesh Deepak
When Swadesh Deepak-celebrated Hindi playwright and short-story writer-
arrives at PGI, Chandigarh, after having tried to set himself on fire, the doctors
don’t know if he belongs in the…
Sachin Kundalkar, Jerry Pinto, Sachin Kundalkar
A paying guest seems like a win-win proposition to the Joshi family. He's ready with the rent, he's willing to lend a hand when he can and he's happy to…
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Baburao Bagul
‘Jevha Mi Jaat Chorli Hoti (When I Hid My Caste) was hailed as the epic of Dalits . These brilliant stories gave Dalits the strength to face the painful and…
Sachin Kundalkar
This translation first published: New Delhi, India: Hamish Hamilton, 2013.
Vandana Mishra
‘A richly detailed and intimate history of an extraordinary life and an extraordinary city, full of warmth, humour, empathy and wisdom.’ Sushila Lotlikar was barely in her teens when tragedy…
Daya Pawar
The first Dalit autobiography to be published, Baluta caused a sensation when it first appeared, in Marathi, in 1978. It quickly acquired the status of a classic of modern Indian…
This book looks at films produced since the mid-1990s to address ideas, themes, and issues which lie outside accepted definitions of what is ‘Bollywood’. It includes essays by established scholars…
Eknath Awad
‘This is an inspiring book by an inspiring man and deserves to be widely read…A must-read for all those interested in Dalit politics and caste change.’–Hugo Gorringe, author of Untouchable…
DeScriPtion
Few countries celebrate religious and cultural festivals with greater passion, imagination
and joy than India. And among the many festivals of this gloriously diverse, multicultural
nation is Christmas-the night…
Malika Amar Shaikh
Malika Amar Shaikh was born to Communist-activist parents–her father, Shahir Amar Shaikh, was a trade-union leader and legendary Marathi folk singer. Brought up amidst the hurly-burly of Maharashtrian politics of…
Watch out as mischiefs and mischief-makers of all shapes and sizes come tumbling out in this hilarious collection of stories.
Is your school a hotspot for jokes? Do your family…
Enter the magical, timeless world of classic fairy tales from India.
A prince sets out on an adventure and is joined by a talking parrot and the ‘Ant-Raja’. Together, can…
