books | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/books/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:57:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 The Decade of the Indian Internet Novel https://helterskelter.in/2024/08/the-decade-of-the-indian-internet-novel/ https://helterskelter.in/2024/08/the-decade-of-the-indian-internet-novel/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:50:53 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=13820 Not only is the Internet Novel in India an experiment with contemporary form, but also a sign of a difficult political moment. 

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2024/08/the-decade-of-the-indian-internet-novel/feed/ 0 Open Worlds, Organic Truths https://helterskelter.in/2024/06/interview-gigi-ganguly-biopeculiar/ https://helterskelter.in/2024/06/interview-gigi-ganguly-biopeculiar/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 07:10:39 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=13799 In conversation with author Gigi Ganguly about her love of wordplay and Biopeculiar, her new collection of stories that explore the natural world.

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2024/06/interview-gigi-ganguly-biopeculiar/feed/ 0 The Promises of Possibility https://helterskelter.in/2024/04/interview-dharini-bhaskar-like-being-alive-twice/ https://helterskelter.in/2024/04/interview-dharini-bhaskar-like-being-alive-twice/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:08:05 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=13761 In conversation with Dharini Bhaskar about playing with time, space, and agency in her latest novel Like Being Alive Twice.

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2024/01/interview-tashan-mehta-mad-sisters-of-esi/feed/ 0 Fever Dreams and Buried Truths https://helterskelter.in/2023/09/siddhartha-deb-interview-light-at-the-end-of-the-world/ https://helterskelter.in/2023/09/siddhartha-deb-interview-light-at-the-end-of-the-world/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:28:34 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=13686 In conversation with Siddhartha Deb about his novel The Light at the End of the World, the ethics of fictionalising real-world incidents, and how the fantastic can illuminate the real.

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