The Colony of Shadows by UEA alumnus Bikram Sharma has been longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature, which aims to celebrate Indian writing and helps readers across the world discover contemporary Indian Literature. The shortlisted authors will all receive Rs 1 lakh, and if a translation the translator will receive Rs 50,000. The winning […]
Bikram Sharma
The Colony of Shadows
An extract from Bikram Sharma’s debut novel, The Colony of Shadows, published by Hachette India. Varun walked through the grove behind the bungalow. He’d spent the past week counting the trees on the property and only recognized three. At the end of the driveway was the massive banyan, hundreds of roots dangling from its […]
The Colony of Shadows by Bikram Sharma
The Colony of Shadows is the first novel by UEA alumnus Bikram Sharma and is published by Hachette India this week. Bikram is from Bangalore and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2015, prior to which he received BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. […]
