Hindi pulp fiction writer Surender Mohan Pathak has been made ‘the Agatha Christie of India’ by Minakshi Thakur, who saw potential in a genre ignored by other publishers.
Literary Agents in India: Not Your Traditional Gatekeepers
Not least because publishers traditionally accept and commission direct submissions from authors in India, literary agents there are relatively new to the scene.
HarperCollins India Tries To Save Hindi Pulp Fiction
The Times of India recently examined the problems facing Hindi pulp fiction in the era of ebooks, which may be killing off cheap pocket editions.
$50,000 DSC South Asian Lit Prize Shortlist, Festival
By Ed Nawotka The shortlist for the inaugural $50,000 DSC South Asian Literature prize — open to books published in English, or in an English-translation, on South Asian topics — includes: Amit Chaudhuri: The Immortals (Picador India) Musharraf Ali Farooqui: The Story of a Widow (Picador India) Tania James: Atlas Of Unknowns (Pocket Books) Manju Kapur: The Immigrant (Faber & Faber) …