Blog | Jaya's blog | On publishing and literature

“The World With Its Mouth Open” by Zahid Rafiq

I had been hearing all good things about The World With Its Mouth Open for a while now. It lives up to its expectations. It
Read More

“Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF, Vol 1” by Gautam Bhatia

25 09 , 2025 No Comments

I read this anthology. I interviewed Gautam Bhatia for TOI Bookmark. Here is a snippet from the conversation: I, of course, have been a long-time
Read More

“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel” by Kiran Desai

21 09 , 2025 No Comments

Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai’s latest novel is The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel. It is published by Penguin Random House India. It
Read More

“Running behind Lakshmi: The Search for Wealth in India’s Stock Market” by Adil Rustomjee

20 09 , 2025 No Comments

This book came in the post today. Flipping through it, there is a lot of history and plenty of technical jargon, but it is obvious
Read More

“The Call of Music: 8 Stories of Hindustani Musicians” by Priya Purushothaman

20 09 , 2025 No Comments

The Call of Music: 8 Stories of Hindustani Musicians ( Hachette India) is gorgeous. It is accessible to even the non-Indian classical music listener. More
Read More

“Animal Tales from India” by Chesta Wadhwani and “Tales from the Panchatantra” by Seher Beg. Both, illustrated by Nayan Bose.

19 09 , 2025 No Comments

Step into a world where animals talk, trick and teach, where tiny sparrows dream of the big sea and little parrots take on mighty fires.
Read More

“The World With Its Mouth Open” by Zahid Rafiq

“Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF, Vol 1” by Gautam Bhatia

“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: A Novel” by Kiran Desai

“Running behind Lakshmi: The Search for Wealth in India’s Stock Market” by Adil Rustomjee

“The Call of Music: 8 Stories of Hindustani Musicians” by Priya Purushothaman

“Animal Tales from India” by Chesta Wadhwani and “Tales from the Panchatantra” by Seher Beg. Both, illustrated by Nayan Bose.

“The Lion of Naushera” by Ziya Us Salam and Anand Mishra

“1975: The Year That Transformed Bollywood” by Pratik Majumdar

“When the Going was Good: An editor’s adventures during the last golden age of magazines” by Graydon Carter

Avtar Singh’s “Into the Forest” and “The Pretenders”

Tags

Search