India is familiar ground for Granta having devoted two classic issues to the country though
much has changed since the last dispatch published on the cusp of the Modi era. 173 will
feature exceptional contemporary fiction and poetry in translation as well as articles
dedicated to the Indian space program the bloody twilight of the Naxalites in Jharkhand
archaeology wars Bollywood jingoism and national myth-making the murder of Sikh separatist
leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia the delicate and fraught care for an ailing
parent as well as a historical introduction by the editor that situates contemporary
controversies and aesthetic fault lines in perspective. Plus in-depth interviews with leading
writers and historians alongside work from emerging and established photographers.
Contributors will be drawn from across the country with a focus on vernacular authors as
opposed to the elite enclaves of Delhi Mumbai and Kolkata.
