(From The Hindu by E.V. Ramakrishnan. Link to the complete article given below) This year marks the eve […]
Kerala
(From The Hindu. Link to the complete article given below) As Kerala’s paddy-rich Kuttanad reels under its worst […]
Indian literature, like India, is a combo. There are many Indian literatures. The Sahitya Akademi has 24 languages […]
At 73, P.V. Chinnathambi runs one of the loneliest libraries anywhere. In the middle of the forested wilderness of Kerala’s Idukki district, the library’s 160-books — all classics — are regularly borrowed, read, and returned by poor, Muthavan adivasis.
It’s a tiny tea-shop, a mud-walled structure in the middle of nowhere. The hand-written sign on plain paper pinned to the front, reads:
I have been trying to take a crack at Sheila Kumar’s collection of short stories Kith and Kin […]
