Name of the Book: Half-Open Windows Author: Ganesh Matkari Translated by Jerry Pinto (from Marathi) No. of Pages: 194 Publisher: Speaking Tiger (2017), Originally published in Marathi : Samakalin Prakashan ( 2014 ) Genre: Fiction Price: INR 299 For someone who identifies as a Mumbaikar even before identifying as she/ her, Half-Open Windows brought with it a b reath of fresh air from Mumbai’s Queen’s Necklace on an unusually hot evening in Bengaluru. With piping hot chai for company, Jerry Pinto’s translation of Ganesh Matkari’s Khidkya A r dhya Ugh a dya had fleeting glimpses of the Mumbai I grew up in, which now boasts of high rises riding over the slums. High rises with growing molds of loneliness, overthinking, and the accompanying cost of development that a city must...
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