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Angaliyat: The Step Child

Angaliyat: The Step Child
  • Author(s): Joseph Macwan, Rita Kothari (Translator)
  • Location(s): Gujarat
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Angaliyat tells the story of oppression and exclusion by transforming the vanquished into the victor, by turning the periphery into the core. The portrayal of Methi and Kanku as ‘pure’ women challenges the age-old perceptions of higher castes which...

Bye, Bye, Motabhai!

Bye, Bye, Motabhai!
  • Author(s): Kala Sambasivan, Ambika Sambasivan (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Ahmedabad, West India
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Do you ever think of your future – dream about becoming an astronaut, a surgeon or a wildlife photographer? What if animals too have such ambitions? What if a rhesus monkey wishes to be a school bus driver or...

The Youngest Suspect

The Youngest Suspect
  • Author(s): Peggy Mohan
  • Location(s): Gujarat
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

2002. The communal pogrom that indelibly altered the course of Gujarat. Set in the tense post-riots years, The Youngest Suspect is the story of Adil and, yes, of Gujarat. Adil and seventeen other young men are arrested in Ahmedabad,...

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