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The Spirit of a Place
The Spirit of a Place
Literature Matters: On Memory and Migration
Literature Matters: On Memory and Migration
Women in Power
Women in Power
Literature Matters: Writing and Frankness
Literature Matters: Writing and Frankness
Literature Matters: The Stories that Shape Us
Literature Matters: The Stories that Shape Us
Refugee Tales
Refugee Tales
On Memoir
On Memoir
Can literature solve poverty?
Can literature solve poverty?
Against oblivion
Against oblivion

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Nikesh Shukla

Nikesh Shukla

Nikesh Shukla is the author of three novels. Most recently, he authored the critically acclaimed The One Who Wrote Destiny (2018). His debut novel, Coconut Unlimited, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2010. His second novel Meatspace was …


Nikesh Shukla recommends Good Talk, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions, Partition Voices, How To Lose A Country: From Democracy To Dictatorship in Seven Steps, Lowborn.

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