{"id":2431,"date":"2017-01-21T19:34:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2022-03-30T21:27:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:57:32","slug":"indian-books-published-in-2016-to-add-to-your-diverseathon-tbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/indian-books-published-in-2016-to-add-to-your-diverseathon-tbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Books Published in 2016 to Add to Your Diverse-A-Thon TBR"},"content":{"rendered":"
What do we have here? The second round of Diverse-a-thon! And why do we have it? The goal is to\u00a0\u00a0celebrate diversity in literature by reading diverse books all week long. You can participate by reading own voices books, books by marginalized authors and diverse books.<\/p>\n
This year Diverse-a-thon is hosted by Joce\u00a0(check her video <\/a><\/span>for more info), Christina Marie<\/a>, Monica<\/a><\/span> and Simon<\/a><\/span>. This Diverse-a-thon has included bloggers from other social media as leaders for a wider reach – Mara (Instagram)<\/a><\/span> and Naz (Read Diverse Books blog)<\/span>. The readathon runs from 22nd to 29th January, 2016.\u00a0Discussions will be held on Twitter under #Diverseathon hashtag. Follow the official Twitter account (Diverseathon<\/a><\/span>) for all details.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is a list of twelve books published in 2016 that you might want to add to your reading list.\u00a0This is by no means an exhaustive list of Indian fiction in English published in 2016. I have included a few that I have enjoyed and others that I have high hopes for and want to read in the future. I have put together fiction, short story collections, non-fiction and light reads. This list does not include poetry. Feel free to add your recommendations on poetry (or otherwise) in the comments below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A collection of 26 short stories about women who define their destiny and command their choices. Manivannan’s women are passionate, consequence seekers and often curl up into solitude.<\/p>\n Check review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n An interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the ground by an invading army. The lonely voyage of an elephant from Kerala to a princess\u2019s palace in Morocco. A fabled cook who flavours his food with precious stones. A coterie of international diplomats trapped in near-earth orbit. Swimming Among the Stars<\/em> is a collection of surreal, magical stories. (from Goodreads synopsis<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ruskin Bond recounts the deliciously sinister cases of a murdered priest, an adulterous couple, a man who is born evil, and the body in the box bed; not to forget the strange happenings involving the arsenic in the post, the strychnine in the cognac, a mysterious black dog, and the Daryaganj strangler. As the elderly Miss Ripley-Bean, her Tibetan terrier Fluff, her good friend Mr Lobo, the hotel pianist, and Nandu, the owner of the Royal, mull over the curious murders, the reader will be enthralled and delighted \u2013 until the murderer is finally revealed. (from Penguin India blurb<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n1.\u00a0The High Priestess Never Marries by Sharanya Manivannan<\/h3>\n
2.\u00a0Swimmer Among the Stars by Kanishk Tharoor<\/h3>\n
3.\u00a0Death under the Deodars by Ruskin Bond<\/h3>\n