KR Meera’s writing is always difficult to define or tie down to one genre or theme. Her latest novella Qabar is no different. From the first page on, the story is both real life and a fairy tale. Is ...

Word of caution: Don’t be taken in by the slimness of KR Meera’s Qabar. At just over a hundred pages, this novella is part social commentary and part journey of self-discovery, with a soupçon of a ...

When I sat in the judge’s seat, it was the question I asked myself: was I going to habitually favour the pot-bellied tycoon or the pauper? Since then, I had thought often about the relationship ...

Celebrated Malayalam writer-journalist K.R. Meera's new novella will be published by Eka, an imprint of Westland, this December. Titled 'Qabar', the book is translated into English by Nisha Susan.

K.R. Meera’s magic-realism-suffused novella, Qabar, can seem like a conundrum at first, making you wonder about its true essence. But then you realise that the work defies specificity and ...