Reading South Asia 2024 - hosted by bbansal

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Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry by ARUNDHATHI. SUBRAMANIAM
Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry
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ARUNDHATHI. SUBRAMANIAM

Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry

ARUNDHATHI. SUBRAMANIAM

428 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction gender poetry religion
Pyre by Perumal Murugan, Aniruddhan Vasudevan

Pyre

Perumal Murugan, Aniruddhan Vasudevan

200 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha

The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told

Arunava Sinha

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
Maria, Just Maria by Sandhya Mary

Maria, Just Maria

Sandhya Mary

246 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction
Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends by Yasir Abbasi

Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends

Yasir Abbasi

467 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography reflective medium-paced
Lifting the Veil by Kamila Shamsie, Ismat Chughtai

Lifting the Veil

Kamila Shamsie, Ismat Chughtai

256 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction feminism short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Dream Factory by Sujatha

Dream Factory

Sujatha

360 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary sociology
I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad

I Remember Abbu

Humayun Azad

112 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Love in Chakiwara and Other Misadventures by Muhammad Khalid Akhtar, Bilal Tanweer

Love in Chakiwara and Other Misadventures

Muhammad Khalid Akhtar, Bilal Tanweer

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
There's a Carnival Today by Indra Bahadur Rai

There's a Carnival Today

Indra Bahadur Rai

248 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction challenging reflective slow-paced