Urban Voice 4: New Indian Writing
FEATURING
Priti Aisola
Anjana Basu
Kankana Basu
Priya Sarukkai Chabria
Malini Chib
Gouri Dange
Tishani Doshi
Divya Dubey
Ramachandra Guha
Manu Joseph
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
Meena Kandasamy
Tabish Khair
Sashi Kumar
T Padmanabhan
M P Narayana Pillai
Aakar Patel
Margaret Mascarenhas
Thachom Poyil Rajeevan
Kalpish Ratna
K Satchidanandan
Sudeep Sen
A J Thomas
Shreekumar Varma
Farzana Versey
Shashi Warrier
WHY URBAN VOICE
The Indian literary scene is in the midst of a radical transformation. Indian writing in English is attracting world attention. It is no more a curiosity that once tickled the British and is accepted globally as a serious business. Foreign publishers are coming to India to set up Indian subsidies. Likewise Indian authors / publishers are exploring international rollout frameworks to establish market leadership and reputation. This has transformed not only Indian publishing, but also Indian writing as global Indians have started targeting a worldwide audienc e.
With the developed economies closely following the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) battle, there is renewed interest in Indian slang/phrases through emergence of web3.0 tools such as wikis, amazon, podcasts and blogs. In this truly cross-pollinated flat landscape, something mysterious and exciting is happening to Indian literature in English.
As conversations and images get increasingly captured on the ‘fly’, the next generation of Indian literature will evolve across diverse media platforms dissolving old hegemonies and notions. It will impact writers in other Indian languages so that even
literature in Indian languages will aspire to reach global
audiences as publishers vie to translate works into the German, French, Chinese, and other emerging language platforms.
URBAN VOICE, in this fourth episode, aims to capture this thrilling transformation by creating a platform for thinkers to capture ‘next-in-line’ trends and go beyond. This lit mag is committed to publish thought-provoking pieces from all areas in different forms.
— Sunil K Poolani
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Provides a platform for the burgeoning mass of writing emanating from the new, changing India — Hindustan Times
Touches a chord of the city life — The Telegraph
A platform for new trends — TimeOut
An interesting collage as never-before angles loom to the fore, dark corners are lit and one is forced to pursue visions otherwise disturbing or baffling — DNA
Offers a great variety — The Pioneer
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