And thus begins the story of Kerala, the land of coconut palms (kera), backwaters and lagoons; joyous temple festivals, classical kathakali and ayurvedic healing. In this anthology, writers as diverse as Arundhati Roy, Ramachandra Guha, O.V. Vijayan, Vaikkom Mohammad Basheer and Kamala Das combine t[...]

Meet Akhila: forty-five and single, an income-tax clerk, and a woman who has never been allowed to live her own life - always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider - until the day she gets herself a one-way ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. In the intimate atmosphere of the all-w[...]

When travel writer Christopher Stewart arrives at a riverside resort in Kerala to meet Koman, Radha's uncle and a Kathakali dancer, he enters a world of masks and repressed emotions. From their first meeting, both Radha and her uncle are drawn to the young man. The triangle quickly excludes Shyam, R[...]

SEX KVINNOR råkar hamna i samma kupé på en tågresa genom södra Indien. De börjar samtala. Det är huvudpersonen Akhila som får kvinnorna att berätta om sina liv. Hon behöver lära känna sig själv och resan blir en bildningsresa för henne. Hon vill återfå rätten till sitt liv, äga sit[...]