E-readers are still very English-dominated. It will be a while before my Dad can read his favorite Hindi magazine on a Kindle and my Mother can read Bhisma Sahani’s play on Kindle. E-readers aren’t a home for everyone. Not yet.
Author: Bani Basu
Publisher: Random House India
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9788184005721
Rating:
Click for latest prices
Bani Basu is the Sahitya Academy Award winning author of novels like The Marble Salver, Twenty One Steps, The Birth of the Maitreya etc, all of them written in Bengali. Her latest offering is The Fifth Man which has been translated into English by Arunava Sinha.
Author: R.K. Narayan, Illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780143333258
Rating:
Click for latest prices
Malgudi Schooldays is a new, illustrated edition of Swami and Friends, meant to appeal to younger children.
Author: Gayathri Ramprasad
Publisher: Random House India
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9788184005196
Rating:
Click for latest prices
Not a greatly written book (Ramprasad is no Rushdie) but a greatly wrought life. Not of a mighty philosopher, nor of a gifted poet, but of one unknown and born common; of a child, daughter, girl, sister, lady, wife, mother, human, conqueror of mental-illness.