The Elixir Maker and Other Stories: Soul-searching terrain

Jun 24, 2019, at 02:00 pm

Ajanta Paul’s debut fiction, The Elixir Maker and Other Stories, a collection of 12 short tales, is, in a single phrase, poetry in motion. What stands out implicitly is the language, through which she paints her metaphors and images with the ease and cadence of a poet. That the author is working on a book of poems thus comes as no surprise.

My stories are shaped around relationships, dreams and devastations: writer Ajanta Paul

Jun 03, 2019, at 12:23 pm

Academician Ajanta Paul’s debut fiction, The Elixir Maker and Other Stories, a collection of 12 short tales, is, in a single phrase, poetry in motion. She paints her metaphors and images with the ease and cadence of a poet. Each story has a distinct subject that ranges from broken marriages, gender dialectics, female foeticide, the freedom movement, travails of street children, a family lawsuit and many more. The writer in conversation with IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra