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The Hippo Girl and Other Stories
For fans of Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly and Jamil Jan Kochai's The Haunting of Hajji Hotak comes an illuminating collection about lives in flux... An outcast girl's friendship with a bloat of hippos is questioned when it's found that she is pregnant. A half-blind boy is ridiculed and bullied relentlessly, until one day it reaches a breaking point. A disturbed man, haunted by visions of the dead, is convinced he must relocate hit mother's grave. A woman takes up a lucrative job in a greedy corporation to fulfil her daughter's dreams, but a ghastly discovery threatens to disrupt the life they've built. A dog's loyalty is tested as a civil war brings out the worst in those around her. Written in lucid prose and engulfed in intense emotions, The Hippo Girl and Other Stories is a searingly honest collection about what it is to be human in a world where rage, violence, grief, and obsession are part of everyday life. Set in Bangladesh, each of these atmospheric stories digs deep and paints a complex and rich picture of people's journey towards happiness.
How I Write
How I Write is a landmark collection featuring intimate interviews with poets, novelists, translators and non-fiction writers, all of whom share a deep connection to the South Asian experience. Through candid conversations with fellow authors, these writers reveal how they transformed their passion for books into thriving careers, the obstacles they encountered along the way, the lessons they learned and the intricacies of their creative processes. Inspiring and insightful, this volume is a must-read for anyone curious about the art of writing and the lives of those who practise it. How I Write was created by South Asia Speaks, a literary fellowship programme empowering outstanding emerging writers from South Asia. Featuring: ALICE ALBINIA DEEPA ANAPPARA DIKSHA BASU RAHUL BHATTACHARYA FATIMA BHUTTO MANSI CHOKSI ISAAC CHOTINER SONIA FALEIRO V.V. GANESHANANTHAN ROMAN GAUTAM VINOD JOSE MIRA KAMDAR MEENA KANDASAMY TARAN KHAN JAMIL JAN KOCHAI KARAN MAHAJAN SANAM MAHER SUKETU MEHTA PANKAJ MISHRA MIRA NAIR ANUVAB PAL NILANJANA S. ROY PARUL SEHGAL MAYUKH SEN KAMILA SHAMSIE TAYMOUR SOOMRO SAMANTH SUBRAMANIAN MARIAM TAREEN MANJUSHREE THAPA VAUHINI VARA
The Coolie's Great War
A spectacular history of the hundreds of thousands of unacknowledged Indian laborers who kept the Allied supply lines flowing in the First World War.
Murder at the Mushaira
Murder at the Mushaira is arguably the finest literary-historical novel by an Indian author in contemporary times. Set during the time of India's First War of Independence in the nineteenth century, it is reminiscent of Umberto Eco's timeless classic, The Name of the Rose. It involves a grisly murder mystery that is solved by the great poet laureate of the realm, Mirza Ghalib. Should appeal to all readers of literary fiction, crime fiction, and historical fiction. - Is likely to win major literary awards.
1971
The war of 1971 that created Bangladesh was the most significant geopolitical event in the Indian subcontinent since partition in 1947. It tilted the balance of power between India and Pakistan steeply in favor of India. Srinath Raghavan contends that the crisis and its cast of characters can be understood only in a wider international context.
Babu Bangladesh!
Shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019.Bangladesh, 2028. A biographer begins to document the life of an enigmatic and controversial political luminary - Babu, also known as 'Babu Bangladesh'. In unearthing the story of a man whom many thought was the leader of his generation, he begins to uncover the story of a nation itself. Buildings acquire consciousness to chart political outcomes, a tree stands defiantly even as marauding troops try to blast it out of existence, tribes of snake and tree worshipers compete for regional supremacy, even as fish-humanoids emerge from the waters ... Flitting between fantasy and reality, manoeuvring through the rainforest swamps of Bangladesh with as much ease as the immigrant colonies of New York, blurring the boundaries between myth, history and truth, Babu Bangladesh! is a work of stunning scope and ambition from the most exciting literary voice to emerge from the Subcontinent in years.
The Water Dancer
THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER Lose yourself in this stunning debut novel - the unmissable historical story of injustice and redemption that resonates powerfully today 'One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I haven't felt this way since I first read Beloved . . .' Oprah Winfrey, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK Hiram Walker is a man with a secret, and a war to win. A war for the right to life, to family, to freedom. Born into bondage on a Virginia plantation, he is also born gifted with a mysterious power that he won't discover until he is almost a man, when he risks everything for a chance to escape. One fateful decision will carry him away from his makeshift plantation family and into the heart of the underground war on slavery... 'A transcendent work from a crucial political and literary artist' Diana Evans 'I've been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates' Toni Morrison
Climate Change and Food Security in Asia Pacific
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book evaluates the complex nexus between climate change and regional food security in Asia Pacific. Feeding the planet puts a lot of stress on the environment. The fundamental challenges we are facing today include how to grow more from less in a sustainable manner; how to optimize the entire food value chain from field to fork to reduce the carbon footprint, protect the environment and support biological diversity, cause less water pollution and soil erosion, raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy. With a robust multi-site study in Southeast Asia, Pacific Island Forum and South Asia, this book examines the regional initiatives on, the current state of, and the future prospects for mitigations and resilience regarding climate change and food security vis-à-vis other regions of the world.
Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me
A translation of the works of one of a key Palestinian poet contains his 10th and most recent poetry collection, along with selected earlier poems that illuminate the vision of what Arabic and Palestinian poetry are capable of.
