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A House called Askival

A House called Askival
  • Author(s): Merryn Glover
  • Location(s): Mussoorie
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Partition to modern

James Connor is a man who, burdened with guilt following a tragic event in his youth, has dedicated his life to serving India. Ruth Connor is his estranged daughter who, as a teenager, always knew she came second to...

A Person is a Prayer

A Person is a Prayer
  • Author(s): Ammar Kalia
  • Location(s): Haridwar
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An intensely moving, lyrical and often funny novel about a family whose story of migration from Kenya and India to England is told over three separate days, across six decades. Bedi and Sushma’s marriage is arranged. When they first...

Schrödinger’s Cat May or May Not Have Been Here

Schrödinger’s Cat May or May Not Have Been Here
  • Author(s): Nilam A McGrath
  • Location(s): Mussoorie, Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Coming of Age
  • Era(s): late 1970s/early 1980s

What good is a superstitious scientist? For Krishna Kumar, what starts as a harmless superstition sparks a journey that no scientist could have predicted. Aged 12, Krishna is recognised as a child prodigy and gets a prestigious scholarship to...

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