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Shehan Karunatilaka: We’ve lived through war, but the great thing is there’s still hope

Nandini Nair

Shehan Karunatilaka is out with a collection of short stories, soon after his Booker win. The Sri Lankan author in conversation with Open

Languorous Unfoldings
Somak Ghoshal

An anthology by young writers that spans Mughal nostalgia to present dystopias

A Search for Moorings
N Kalyan Raman

Short stories about the human struggle to follow an ethical path

From Bellary and Bangalore
Prathap Nair

Kannada author Vasudhendra’s short stories about city and village life are rife with cynicism and social satire

The Diplomat Does It
Rajiv Bhatia

Investigative short stories with a philosophical undertone

The Anatomy of Outrage
Suneetha Balakrishnan

Short stories etched in blood and honesty

Forbidden Intimacies
Chintan Girish Modi

A debut short story collection from Pakistan lays bare power and desire

The Bloodlust
Sukhada Tatke

Short stories on the violence of big and small kinds

Masculine Feminine
Gillian Wright

An investigation of how modern male writers depict women in short stories

This Is Us
Devapriya Roy

Anjum Hasan’s short stories are to be savoured for their quiet sophistication and power

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