Katha imprint: 24 books

Ai Ladki, the classic. A sentence in every word, a world in every silence. The ladki girl, daughter, child, all rolled into one spins an obsorbing tale of love in the time of death, the distances between a daughter and her mother, the undescribable closeness. The essence of friendship in every mother...

In two brilliant novellas, master storyteller Paul Zacharia offers contrasting shades of life. While on the one hand he talks about the unpredictability of life and how it silently usurps a placid existence, on the other, he delves into the depths of an analytical mind that tries to rationalize the most...

From the magic realm of a glass wharf to the sorrows of a community of wastelands. From the visceral immediacy of filial bonds to memories that haunt, Naiyer Masuds fictional world is an experience. The Essence of Camphor, the first ever English translation of Masuds work, is evidently an unparalleled example of Masuds unique and original style.

Vyasa and Vighneshwara is a fine example of storytelling at its best. A complete piece of work, it leaves the reader to discover and explore stories within stories, past within the future, memory within myth. In course, the reader gets involved in a curious, dynamic process, along with the writer, of tying and untying knots. Amazingly, it rebuilds and reestablishes the concept of story.

A collection of 10 unforgettable stories, Waterness captures the spalshing colours of life in Punjai, in the heart of Thanjavur district. Set against a broader perspective of modern urban life and the piercing pressures of alienation, these stories are about memories, and memory itself.

Love and hatred, desire and disappointment, pleasure and pain, reunion and separation: a gamut of emotions come alive in Ramachandra Sharmas Home and Away. Sharma - one of the leading lights of Navya fiction - describes his experiences and concerns, both at home and abroad, in these stories.

Forsaking Paradise is a collection of stories that address and express the dilemmas of modern Ladakhi society. Written by Abdul Ghani Sheikh, one of the foremost writers in Urdu in Ladakh today, these stories offer a glimpse into a world that has been highly romanticized but is grounded in reality.

From none other than the master wordsmith Chandrasekhar Kambar one of Indias finest voices today comes Kathas first novel. From strange obsessions to impulsive desires, it is an unusual gothic novel, faithful to the events in Singarevvas life. The story of a woman, as fascinating and mysterious as the palace she lives in.

From dark dilemmas to sharp wounds. These elements are what dominate this unique collection by writers spanning a century . The stories, unflinching in style and content, focus on womens issues like abortion, rape, dowry and beyond. Each piece is reflective of a path-breaking vision that has altered the Telugu literary scene in form, style and content.

A modern classic set in the summer of 1969 in the middle of the worse drought see in Chennai, Water portrays the daily struggle of ordinary people trying to survive the crisis.