July 15, 2021

Join us for the launch of the translation of Usha Priyamvada’s iconic first novel ‘Pachpan Khambe Lal Deewarein’. Deftly translated by Daisy Rockwell as ‘Fifty-five Pillars, Red Walls’, the book is published by Speaking Tiger as a part of a series of translations supported by JSW Group and Indian Novels Collective. Daisy Rockwell would be in conversation with Hindi poet and writer Anamika on Thursday, 15 July 2021, 7 p.m. The initiative and the book would be introduced by Shinjini Kumar, co-founder of Indian Novels Collective.

The event would be streamed live on our Facebook and Twitter handles.

June 15, 2021

The first launch of our two books, Battlefield was launched in conversation with the translator Jerry Pinto, publisher and eminent writer-translator Shanta Gokhale.

January 23, 2021

On Saturday, 23 January 2021, Indian Novels Collective in collaboration with Belongg, hosted a day-long online festival on inclusivity in Indian-language literature, that witnessed participation from different quarters. Read on, to know more.

February 19, 2020

Here’s a look at the finale of Lal Ded presented by Mita Vasisht, in collaboration with Indian Novels Collective, at G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture, Mumbai.

February 14, 2020

A conversation on Tamil Literature, a performance of a classic, and stories in translation – here’s what Indian Novels Collective brought to Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2020.

November 6, 2019

Run in conjunction with the University of Macau, APWT 2019 featured a stellar line up of feature authors, editors, emerging writers and translators from around the globe to discuss the power of words and narrative to bridge the gaps between worlds – whether they be social, political or cultural.

July 5, 2019

On Friday, July 5 2019, the monsoon reading of ‘Ashaad Ka Ek Din’ — the first modern Hindi play by Mohan Rakesh held at Jindal Mansion was attended by a motley group of theatre lovers. The audience got a feel of the play through the mesmerising reading by three renowned artists— Ram Gopal Bajaj, Meeta Vasisht and Priyanka Setia. The event also paid tribute to Girish Karnad— the revered playwright. Here’s a glimpse into the event.

March 16, 2019

Moderated by Ashwani Kumar, the panel comprised, Annie Zaidi, a prolific writer across several genres including reportage, fiction, drama and comics, Anjali Purohit, artist, writer, poet, translator and curator who has just translated Bahinabai’s Ovis into English and Anuradha Parikh, our core group member and an architect and filmmaker.

February 8, 2019

We are back at the Kala Ghoda Festival with a unique experience tying music with literature. Singer and musician, Vidya Shah and actress Priyanka Setia will bring alive three women characters, exhibiting the portraits of these characters through readings from the novels and songs.

December 16, 2018

Indian Novels Collective’s houseful event at the Times Lit Fest 2018 had Yuki Ellias read excerpts from Manik Bandyopadhyay’s novel, Padma Nadir Majhi and Priyanka Setia read portions from Usha Priyamvada’s novel, Pachpan Khambhe Laal Deewarein which was interspersed with musical notes of the flute and violin.

July 31, 2018

Indian Novels Collective celebrated the 138th birthday of one of India’s most iconic writers – Munshi Premchand – on Sunday, July 29, 2018 at Seven Islands Cafe, Jindal Mansion.

June 24, 2018

Indian Novels Collective celebrated Marathi, Gujarati and Konkani literature by inviting eminent writers, poets and novelists for a session on readings and conversations on regional literature in the three languages held on Saturday, April 28, 2018.

June 23, 2018

At the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Indian Novels Collective brought audiences readings from popular Indian novels. Neena Gupta read from Suraj ka Satvan Ghoda, a novella by Dharamveer Bharti, Vivek Oberoi from Chimmeen by T S Pillai and Priyanka Setia from Pinjar by Amrita Pritam.

June 22, 2018

At The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2018, we explored the word that is almost lost to this audience because it does not get written.Three genres from India were highlighted in the evening’s performance – the earthy and energetic Bidesia from Bhojpuri, Hindustani Classical Music in the form of Ovis of Bhanibai and Laavni and finally Mithali folk.

June 21, 2018

On the final day of the Times Litfest 2017, actors Richa Chadha and Vivek Oberoi read out scenes from novels – Pather Panchali, Maare Gaye Gulfam and Teesri Kasam – that have been made into films.

June 20, 2018

Danish Husain with the help of two Baul singers brought Lalon Fakir’s simple teachings on unity in an accessible and engaging way to the audience.

June 19, 2018

On 22 September 2017, at Jindal Mansion, we launched the initiative with readings by Sangita Jindal, Neena Gupta, Shekhar Gupta, Prabodh Parikh and many more.