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

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

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 to […]

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Vizag Reads: A silent book-reading community in Visakhapatnam

Vizag Reads: A silent book-reading community in Visakhapatnam

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 across […]

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Censorship or evolution? ‘Sensitivity readers’ divide publishing world

Censorship or evolution? ‘Sensitivity readers’ divide publishing world

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 largely […]

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