Akshaya Ganesh reviews Kaikeyi: A Novel by Vaishnavi Patel (published by Redhook, 2023). As a huge fan of mythological retellings, I’ve surprisingly read very few
Anshika Jain reviews Shakuni & The Dice of Doom by Mallar Chatterjee (published by Readomania, 2019). Har koi kahin na kahin naach hi raha hai,
Akankshya Abismruta reviews Chandrabati’s Ramayan (Translated from Bengali by Nabaneeta Dev Sen) and published by Zubaan Publishers (2020). Chandrabati, living in the 16th century in
Sharanya Manivannan’s Incantations over Water: A graphic novel that submerges into the deep blue oceans of diasporic longing and folklore. Meet Ila – a mermaid
Aranyaka is a mythographic tale re-written through a feminist lens, weaving pre-Vedic concepts with lessons gathered from Aranya. What place does a large woman inhabit
A Palace of Illusions is a reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharata —told from the perspective of an astonishing woman, Draupadi. Relevant to
“No, it was not very hard to fall in love with Karna, however unsuitable a suitor he was condemned to be.” Yes, it isn’t hard
This is how the blurb of The Forest of Enchantments (written by Chitra B. Divakaruni, published by HarperCollins) goes: “It is a brilliant retelling of
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