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The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature celebrates fiction about South Asia. We aim to bring South Asian literature & culture to the world.

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Presenting the ninth winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, Amitabha Bagchi for his brilliant novel ‘Half the Night is Gone’ #DSCPrize2019 #IMENepalLitFest @Nepallitfest

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Jerry Pinto recounts an unusual friendship with Maria Aurora Couto, the grand writer of Goa. buff.ly/3sf6COa


These upcoming graphic novels by Indian creators promise to be some of the most exciting reads in 2022. buff.ly/34cdBj6


Shankha Ghosh is a universal poet who appeals to the basic, common, pristine conditions of humanness irrespective of who gets to read him across borders, languages and cultures. buff.ly/3J09uoT


Netaji caught the eye of the Urdu poets of his age who were as much public intellectuals, polemicists and politically savvy as verse smiths. buff.ly/3HuVgvR


Harry Martinson's book Kap farväl (Cape Farewell, 1933) has an entire chapter dedicated to India. buff.ly/3rX0IkK


Here are some important works of fiction that poignantly capture the betrayals, the losses and the withering, yet enchanting allure of Kashmir by those who call it home. buff.ly/3r7OQNv


Queerness in children’s literature can play a role in forging the kind of individuals the children will grow into. buff.ly/3Hdlt1S


In smaller book fairs, where the interested book buyer is not dazzled by an assortment of international and national publications, regional literature enjoys its day in the spotlight. buff.ly/33WkUv0


Afra Bukhari had to overcome the social and persona trauma of Partition as well as familial circumstances to become the highly-regarded writer that she was. buff.ly/3H66YwV


Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak served as the moon for poet Binoy Majumdar in Calcutta of the early 1960s, resulting in a series of poems that would launch him as one of the most important poets in post-Independence Bengali literature. buff.ly/3AwHhTJ


Lined amongst the historic shops at Srinagar’s Maharaj Gunj market, there is a small bookshop whose glorious past belies its outward clumsiness and small scale. buff.ly/3Ip5OfZ


Here are some phenomenal LGBTQIA+ narratives that you could look at adding to your reading list in 2022 buff.ly/3nGTVu0


Involved in not only writing but promoting Indian poetry, these poets have written about identity, and touched several chords of human sensation in their poems. buff.ly/3FERxKl


These books help readers understand and realize the pains and struggles, and empathize with the LGBTQ+ community. buff.ly/3qFjMV5


Mahasweta Devi's writings and her specialization lay in the studies of Adivasi, Dalit, and marginalized citizens with a focus on their women. buff.ly/3FHnX74


Dalit literature is one of the most important literary phenomena in post-independence India that is trying to restore dignity to a community that has been wronged for ages. buff.ly/3A3gPkk


Maria Aurora Couto cemented her place as the grande dame of Goan arts and letters through her work as a memoirist, translator, and educator buff.ly/3KiEYIf


The journey of Sarath Lal Kumara who kept alive the interest in Soviet and Russian literature amongst Sri Lankan readers. buff.ly/33C6FuA


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