Sajita Nairs The Grande Matriarch of Malabar maps social changes in Kerala through the life of her protagonist

[ad_1] Matriarchs and ancestral homes are never far away from creative spaces when writers from Kerala spin stories. This time it is army officer-turned-author Sajita Nair who has centred her latest novel, The Grande Matriarch of Malabar, on a matriarch and her complex relationship with her tharavadu (ancestral house). Of ancestral homes One of the first women […]

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Vizag Reads: A silent book-reading community in Visakhapatnam

[ad_1] People reading books under the shade of trees at VMRDA Central Park as part of a quiet reading initiative called Vizag Reads in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak On a bright Sunday morning last week, a group of people armed with books and mats entered the pristine premises of VMRDA Central Park. Scattered […]

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Censorship or evolution? ‘Sensitivity readers’ divide publishing world

[ad_1] It’s a profession which is increasingly under the spotlight as the culture wars rumble on: “Sensitivity readers” — editors who identify insensitivities or stereotypes in manuscripts — are becoming a lightning rod for the publishing industry. Such readers have worked in the wings of the Western literary world for years now, though they were […]

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