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Asian Anthologies, Part II: The Lotus Singers, Short Stories from Contemporary South Asia

The Lotus Eaters: Short Stories from Contemporary South Asia Edited by Trevor Carolan Foreword by Urvashi Butalia To escape from poverty a woman sells of her body in order to get by. You’ve heard this story before, haven’t you? Actually, you haven’t. Niaz Zaman of Bangladesh’s story “The Daily Woman” is part ...

Indian Literature and Publishing in Abu Dhabi and London

As pointed out at the Literary Saloon, the new issue of the Literary Review at The Hindu has a couple of articles about India’s presence at the recent London and Abu Dhabi book fairs. It’s interesting how different these two articles are—the one on the ADIBF is more focused on India’s entrance into ...