New fiction, essays and culture, from South Asia and beyond.

Fiction

Mr Rao Jumps In

A brilliantly arresting short story from this year's Deodar Prize selection

Varnika Yertha

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New fiction, essays and culture, from South Asia and beyond.

Fiction

Mr Rao Jumps In

A brilliantly arresting short story from this year's Deodar Prize selection

Varnika Yertha

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Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

This anatomy of a minor incident in a taxi showcases the many ways women are threatened even when 'nothing' happens.

Pritika Rao

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December 16, 2025

Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

Pritika Rao

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December 16, 2025

The Best of 2025: Non Fiction

A range of the finest nonfiction books from this past year.

Hammock Staff

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December 7, 2025

The Best of 2025: Non Fiction

Hammock Staff

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December 7, 2025

Afterlife

An excerpt from Earthbound: Climate Stories from South Asia, a forthcoming anthology.

Rhea Lopez

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November 10, 2025

Afterlife

Rhea Lopez

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November 10, 2025

Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

This anatomy of a minor incident in a taxi showcases the many ways women are threatened even when 'nothing' happens.

Pritika Rao

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December 16, 2025

The Best of 2025: Non Fiction

A range of the finest nonfiction books from this past year.

Hammock Staff

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December 7, 2025

THE CITY

An Anthology of South Asian Urban

An Anthology of South Asian Urban

An Anthology of
South Asian Urban

The City is our first ever print edition, bringing the same ethos to paper. Containing ten short stories and seven essays, this is a snapshot of what we publish, and an ode to the diversity of Indian writing.

The City is our first ever print edition, bringing the same ethos to paper. Containing ten short stories and seven essays, this is a snapshot of what we publish, and an ode to the diversity of Indian writing.

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Fiction

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Rice Cooker

A runner up from the most recent edition of The Deodar Prize, this is a tale of gender, menstruation, family and more.

Linthoi Ningthoujam

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January 14, 2026

Rice Cooker

Linthoi Ningthoujam

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January 14, 2026

Unmapped (12.951°N, 77.642°E)

A thoughtful urban tale from the perspective of a water pump.

Devina

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October 9, 2025

Unmapped (12.951°N, 77.642°E)

Devina

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October 9, 2025

I Don’t Know What This Feeling Is

The odyssey of a grieving queer man traveling across Italy.

Rohan Dahiya

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September 14, 2025

I Don’t Know What This Feeling Is

Rohan Dahiya

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September 14, 2025

Rice Cooker

A runner up from the most recent edition of The Deodar Prize, this is a tale of gender, menstruation, family and more.

Linthoi Ningthoujam

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January 14, 2026

Unmapped (12.951°N, 77.642°E)

A thoughtful urban tale from the perspective of a water pump.

Devina

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October 9, 2025

Interviews

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Interviews

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Interviews

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“People want to hear histories about people like them, even if they’re messier”

A conversation with Anirudh Kanisetti, one of India's foremost historians, on the weaponisation of the past and more.

Abhay Puri

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September 8, 2025

“It scares me how much we accumulate and how little we remember of that accumulation”

Sitting down with Aanchal Malhotra to talk Partition, fiction, her writing process and much more.

Abhay Puri

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May 26, 2025

“It hurts a lot if I’m not able to get a good deal for my authors”

An interview with Mita Kapur, one of India's most esteemed literary agents, on what she looks for and what keeps her going.

Abhay Puri

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April 23, 2025

“People want to hear histories about people like them, even if they’re messier”

A conversation with Anirudh Kanisetti, one of India's foremost historians, on the weaponisation of the past and more.

Abhay Puri

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September 8, 2025

“It scares me how much we accumulate and how little we remember of that accumulation”

Sitting down with Aanchal Malhotra to talk Partition, fiction, her writing process and much more.

Abhay Puri

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May 26, 2025

Discover great fiction writers from around the globe

Discover great fiction writers from around the globe

This interactive map is our latest endeavor to make exploring the world of literature engaging and intuitive. With this tool, you can journey across the globe and uncover over 800 fiction authors.

Find your Next Read

An Anthology of
South Asian Urban

This interactive map is our latest endeavor to make exploring the world of literature engaging and intuitive. With this tool, you can journey across the globe and uncover over 800 fiction authors.

Find your Next Read

Non-Fiction

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Non-Fiction

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Non-Fiction

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A New Cycle

How cycling in New Delhi changed a woman's perspective on so much around her.

Pooja Jain

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December 4, 2025

A New Cycle

Pooja Jain

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December 4, 2025

Madurangi

A razor sharp essay about festivities, friendships and the anxieties of unbelonging.

Sahana Hegde

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October 19, 2025

Madurangi

Sahana Hegde

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October 19, 2025

The City Below

An observational polemic about the most marginalised in our urban spaces.

Jigisha Sonii

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September 28, 2025

The City Below

Jigisha Sonii

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September 28, 2025

A New Cycle

How cycling in New Delhi changed a woman's perspective on so much around her.

Pooja Jain

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December 4, 2025

Madurangi

A razor sharp essay about festivities, friendships and the anxieties of unbelonging.

Sahana Hegde

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October 19, 2025

Editor's Picks

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Editor's Picks

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Editor's Picks

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Book Lists

Seven Selections for the Depression Era

Books from almost a century ago that feel startlingly relevant in our age.

Hammock Staff

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Book Lists

The Best of 2025: South Asian Fiction

Our favourite South Asian novels from the year gone by.

Hammock Staff

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Non Fiction

Of Death and Dying: A Sri Lankan Farewell

The inextricable link between grief and humour comes to the fore in this account of organising a funeral during the Sri Lankan crisis.

Sindhu Ratnarajan

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Booklists

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Booklists

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Booklists

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The Best of 2025: South Asian Non Fiction

Our favourite nonfiction from this part of the world published in the last twelve months.

Hammock Staff

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December 25, 2025

The Best of 2025: South Asian Non Fiction

Hammock Staff

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December 25, 2025

The Best of 2025: Fiction

Our favourite global fiction from the past year.

Hammock Staff

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December 18, 2025

The Best of 2025: Fiction

Hammock Staff

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December 18, 2025

Literary Selections For Wedding Season

A few books about spectacular and ridiculous weddings that have stayed with us.

Hammock Staff

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November 24, 2025

Literary Selections For Wedding Season

Hammock Staff

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November 24, 2025

The Best of 2025: South Asian Non Fiction

Our favourite nonfiction from this part of the world published in the last twelve months.

Hammock Staff

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December 25, 2025

The Best of 2025: Fiction

Our favourite global fiction from the past year.

Hammock Staff

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December 18, 2025

Photo Essays

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Photo Essays

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Photo Essays

Honouring the Mundane: ‘Where India Dries its Clothes’

Karan Khosla

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Photo Essays

Photo Essay: Pili Vesha

Indrajit Khambe

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Photo Essays

Pictures in My Hand of A Boy I Still Resemble

Srinivas Kuruganti

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Part of the Process

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Part of the Process

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Part of the Process: Yukio Mishima

Chronicling the journey of one of Japan’s most controversial and storied writers.

Abhay Puri

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November 7, 2025

Part of the Process: Yukio Mishima

Abhay Puri

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November 7, 2025

Part of The Process: Romain Gary

An examination of the life and times of an iconic French author.

Abhay Puri

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August 3, 2025

Part of The Process: Romain Gary

Abhay Puri

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August 3, 2025

Part of the Process: D.H. Lawrence

The life and times of a literary and artistic pioneer.

Abhay Puri

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October 25, 2024

Part of the Process: D.H. Lawrence

Abhay Puri

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October 25, 2024

Part of the Process: Yukio Mishima

Chronicling the journey of one of Japan’s most controversial and storied writers.

Abhay Puri

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November 7, 2025

Part of The Process: Romain Gary

An examination of the life and times of an iconic French author.

Abhay Puri

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August 3, 2025

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