Stanley Carvalho

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Stanley Carvalho

That Banu Mushtaq’s anthology Heart Lamp has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025 is encouraging not only for the author, and translator Deepa Bhasthi, but for Indian regional literature and translation, too. This is a first for a Kannada title. In 2022, Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand, translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, won the coveted prize, while in 2023, Perumal Murugan’s Pyre, translated from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan, was longlisted.

2 months ago | thehindu.com | Stanley Carvalho

Keshava Guha’s debut novel Accidental Magic (2019) created a fictional world of Harry Potter fans from different parts of the world and varied cultural backgrounds. His second and recent novel, The Tiger’s Share (Hachette India) revolves around the lives of two families in Delhi, the inheritance wrangle between successful sisters and entitled brothers, environment degradation and social realism.

2 months ago | deccanherald.com | Stanley Carvalho

Today, the press in many countries including India is under threat, working in an environment of intimidation that includes raids on independent media houses, assaults, arrests of journalists, censorship and unfair policies relating to the media.

Mar 21, 2025 | thehindu.com | Stanley Carvalho

In his latest book, We Solve Murders, Richard Osman introduces a brand new set of detectives, giving the crime-busting sleuths of his hugely popular ‘Thursday Murder Club’ series a break. This is Osman’s fifth novel and it is an ambitious, first part of a new series by the British author and television presenter. His previous works — The Thursday Murder Club, The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed and The Last Devil to Die — were bestsellers.

Mar 13, 2025 | deccanherald.com | Stanley Carvalho

Thank you for the books, Murthy!I stepped gingerly; in the tiny room on the left, an elderly gentleman ensconced in an old chair took his eyes off the book he was reading and looked at me. I smiled and asked if he had Orwell’s 1984. He stretched his hand and pulled out the book, saying, 'You’re lucky; this is the only copy I have'.