Kamal Trilok Singh was born in Indore, Central India, and has been writing for nearly two decades, largely out of sight. He studied music production in London, an experience that continues to inform the rhythm and control of his prose, as well as its attention to silence and rupture. He
Deepika Arwind is a writer and performer from Bangalore, India. Her work explores gender and politics today. Her recent works include «The International Conference of Insecurity» (2022/23) and «Why I Want to Be White» (English Theater Berlin, 2026). Her plays have been performed in, among others, the USA, the UK,
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan [India/Germany] is a writer. Her books range across mythology, speculative fiction, and the lives of urban Indian women; most recently «Soft Animal». Last Update: 2026
Saskya Jain is a writer and grew up in New Delhi. Her debut novel «Fire Under Ash» (2014) was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt Prize, her second novel «Geeta Rahman at Championship Point» (2021) for the Times of India AutHer Award and the Tata Literature Live Award. Her short stories
siddhartha lokanandi is a bookseller. He grew up in Odisha, India. His mother tongue is Telugu. The knowledge acquired in used bookstores and through the chutzpah of New York City’s numerous street booksellers eventually brought him to Berlin. There he founded the Hopscotch Reading Room, which reflects these influences and
Abul Kalam Azad is a poet from South India. Her poems have appeared in, among others, «Saaranga» (a Telugu literary magazine), «Cha: An Asian Literary Journal», «Tokyo Poetry Journal», «The Sunflower Collective», «Raiot», and «Muse India», as well as in the anthologies «Best Indian Poetry 2018» and «A Map Called
born 1957 in Mainpuri, India is a Hindi- and English-language novelist, dramatist, and literary theorist. She has authored novels, short stories, and scripts for theatrical performances. She a founding member of Vivadi, a Delhi-based group that stages plays and organises workshops and seminars on topics of contemporary interest. Her works
Sonia Faleiro is the author of »The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing«, which was nominated for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, the ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-fiction, and the Premio Inge Feltrinelli Award, and »Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay’s Dance Bars«, which was nominated for
Vishwajyoti Ghosh is an Indian graphic novelist and cartoonist who has published numerous cartoons and comics on social and political topics. His most ambitious and most discussed work to date was the graphic novel »Delhi Calm« (2010). In it Ghosh brings together realistic comic passages with political commentaries and fantastical
Vivek Shanbhag was born in 1962 in a small coastal city in the Indian state of Karnataka. He trained to be an engineer and became a manager at a consumer goods company. His work for this international company took him on extensive travels throughout his country, from which he gained
Vikram Chandra was born in New Delhi in 1961. He is from a family where writing and Indian film in particular are a real influence; his mother wrote screenplays and dramas, his sisters work as a director and as a film critic. After leaving school, while Chandra was venturing into
