India Currents highlighted a diverse range of South Asian literature in 2023, featuring both established authors and debut novelists who explored themes of struggle, resilience, and shared humanity.
Arundhati Roy’s Memoir Reveals The Price of Being Mother Mary’s Daughter
Arundhati Roy’s memoir is an uncompromising look at the legacy of her mother, Mary Roy, a prominent Indian educator and activist. The book explores a complicated mother-daughter bond and how hurt and rebellion laid the foundation for social-political dissent.
William Dalrymple On ‘The Golden Road’: How Ancient India Shaped The World
In an interview with India Currents’ editor, Meera Kymal, William Dalrymple discussed India’s role as a fountainhead of ideas – intellectual, economic, scientific and spiritual – and its influence in the ancient world. The conversation covered the origin of mathematics, the first discovery of gold in India, and ancient India’s status as a maritime superpower.
Heart Lamp
Banu Mushtaq’s International Booker Prize-winning collection of short stories, translated by Deepa Bhasti, illuminates the inner lives of Muslim women in South India. The stories address themes of patriarchy, gender, and class conflicts within the Muslim community in Karnataka.
A Guardian And A Thief
In an interview, New York-based author Megha Majumdar discussed her immigrant experiences, finding joy in building a life in the US, and the sorrow of leaving her homeland.
Inside the Mirror
Parul Kapur’s debut novel, Inside the Mirror, is set in 1950s Bombay and follows twin sisters Jaya and Kamlesh Malhotra as they navigate post-independence Bombay, the traumas of Partition, and family expectations while pursuing their artistic identities.
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