The ten stories that make up Aruni Kashyap’s unflinching new collection, His Father’s Disease, roam between the turbulent villages of Assam and the frigid placidity of the American Midwest, and explore the complexities of identity and isolation, violence and resilience amidst diverse backdrops. In these wide-ranging stories, folklore
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[16 January 2020] We are no longer accepting submissions for volume 7. A huge thank you to everyone who has sent in their writing. You'll be hearing from us soon! We're currently accepting submissions for Volume 7 of the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing. Our
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“When you paint burning chinar leaves and the smoke, it gives a very beautiful effect. Especially in water colours,” says painter and teacher Masood Hussain in Raqs-e-Inquilab (Art in a Time of Conflict). It is a striking and yet wistful moment that powerfully encapsulates the film’s central theme---the coming
Nandita Dutta's F-Rated is a book that examines Indian filmmaking through the eyes of eleven women directors who have been central to the industry across decades. Dutta speaks with influential filmmakers from Farah Khan to Mira Nair and Alankrita Shrivastava about being leaders in a male-dominated field, their
The first time we see him in Madhu C. Narayanan’s Kumbalangi Nights, Shammy (Fahadh Faasil) is trimming his abundant moustache, looking admiringly at his own reflection in the mirror and calling himself ‘the complete man’. In this film about men and the contending representations of masculinity, facial hair understandably
Jokha Alharthi’s Man Booker International Prize-winning novel offers a rich, poetic, and profound gaze into the culture of Oman, told through the complex stories of three generations of a family in the village of Al Awafi. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Purchase) Subtlety is often lost in translation, but
Amrita Mahale’s debut novel Milk Teeth takes you on an engaging journey through the crowded streets of '90s Bombay: its vendors, hawkers, and crammed buildings, the redevelopment and consequent oblivion of an old city, and the searing aftertaste of the communal riots. Juxtaposed with this setting are the
Bystander is an ambitious new project conceptualised by the minds behind Kadak, an inspiring collective of South Asian women who work with graphic storytelling that traverses the personal and political, questions culture, and examines subculture. An anthology of graphic narratives, Bystander will gather works created by a diverse group of