Rupa Mahadevan grew up in Chennai, India, and has spent the past 15 years living in Scotland. An engineer by education, she works in the corporate world...
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8th Apr 2025 | Updated at 10:00am 8th Apr 2025
“My lived experience and cultural heritage shape my worldview”
Rupa Mahadevan grew up in Chennai, India, and has spent the past 15 years living in Scotland. An engineer by education, she works in the corporate world but has always been drawn to storytelling. Her love for writing began as a child, borrowing...
Navigating past and present in ‘The Magnificent Ruins’
Nayantara Roy is a talented storyteller, and a remarkable new voice in contemporary fiction. Her debut novel, ‘The Magnificent Ruins’, is a masterful exploration of childhood, secrecy, and the ways distance can illuminate hidden truths. Born...
Nayantara Roy is a talented storyteller, and a remarkable new voice in contemporary fiction. Her debut novel, ‘The Magnificent Ruins’, is a masterful exploration...
The UK’s premier book festival celebrating British South Asian literature has unveiled its lineup for the 2024 edition.
William Dalrymple is the closest we have to a pop-historian of India. His success in reaching a broad audience stems from his skill as a storyteller, a crucial attribute for historians, especially those seeking to engage readers beyond academic...
Usha Rungoo, a Mauritian writer, scholar, teacher, speaker, and mother, has won the 2024 Commonwealth Prize for the Africa region.
Indian writer Sanjana Thakur has been announced as the overall winner of the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, a prestigious global literature award....
"The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai is set in Kalimpong, India, during the 1980s. The story follows different characters whose lives are shaped by historical and political events.
In "Hindu Astrology," author and Oxford mathematician Dr A P Stone embarks on a fascinating journey into the depths of this ancient and enigmatic practice....
A complete catalogue, “Adornment and Splendour: Jewels of the Indian Courts” is an extraordinary collection of Indian jewellery and opulent jewelled artefacts created during the height of the Mughal Empire and Deccan Sultanates. Sheikh Nasser...
'Independence to Freedom' is an autobiography based on the story of migration from rural Gujarat to Nairobi, Kenya, and the impact of the struggles for...
