Book Talk : The Devourers – Indra Das
The Devourers – Senjuti Patra, our very own bookworm, writes about her pick for the month!
The Devourers – Senjuti Patra, our very own bookworm, writes about her pick for the month!
“People who had stretched themselves out on the banks of the river felt a haunting sadness come over them. All on a sudden, they wanted to hum a tune and take a dip in the water.”
Shahina E.K’s hauntingly beautiful take on the water crisis. Translated by Nithya Mariam John.
“Woman. Steps. River. Tree.”
– Tejaswinee Roychowdhury spins a three-part tale of creepy horror through the sombre ghats and hollow streets of Benaras.
“Crammed with strange people and stranger treasures as this house was, I would not have been too surprised to find a photograph like the one Manoj does…”
Ahana Maitra writes on the peculiarities of old houses and the ghosts that lurk in them.
“I placed the my insides of my being on the table between her and me that year…putting my feelings to words, out loud, in my head, until I was singed enough to cast out the unmitigated sorrow that was eating into my soul.”
Writes Kamalini Natesan.
“The parting of our ways with her became inevitable…In this complete blackout, there is only one thing that surrounds us with its ominous presence: pitch-black darkness” – Chitra Gopalakrishnan tells a haunting story of twisted relationships, love and darkness.
“When I first met her, we still lived in J Block, behind the market with the big flashing sign for Moti Sweets.” – Meera Nair’s debut short story, an eerie epistle set in the heart of Delhi.