Books
Sex and Sexuality in Sri Lanka
Vineetha Mokkil
Writer and publisher Ameena Hussein on editing the first anthology of erotic writing from Sri Lanka and aspiring to be the Rohinton Mistry of the island nation.
Ripple Effect
A book that examines the centrality of water in our culture, religion and region’s geopolitics.
Bulleyan Algebra
This Sufi rocker’s autobiography makes you want to air-guitar your way along as you read.
How to Tame Your Dragon
Bhutan is a nation concerned about the effects of the sudden changes it’s encountering. No wonder its delegates at the country’s first lit fest have their energies focused on preserving its oral traditions.
Chicken Goop
A workshop on how to write the soul stirring stuff has this correspondent choking at the broth dished out. With laughter, that is.
Loud Silence
Don DeLillo is perhaps at the height of his powers, using less and less to say more and more about life in contemporary America.
Man in the Mask
Narendra Modi is a man of few words, but he chooses them well to fabricate his vision of a Hindu society and ignore uncomfortable realities
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