Indian Writers In English

Rheea Mukherjee on her novel The Body Myth, and why voyeurism is rooted in our own hypocrisies

The Body Myth is a sapid meditation on loving and being loved in health and sickness.

Debutante author Madhuri Vijay on living through the 'monstrous consequences' of India's vast geography

Twenty seven-year-old Madhuri Vijay remembers her time in Kashmir during the 2013 Kishtwar Riots, when her family back in Bengaluru was concerned about her safety, but remained largely unaffected by the events unfurling at another extreme of the country. In her debut novel, The Far Field, Vijay talks about the impact distance has on lives, and the 'monstrous and arbitrary consequences' of India's geographic vastness.