Thread by @vivekisms

Books set in Indian States/Translated Fiction from Indian States. Will try and cover all 29 states and 7 UTs. (Thread). These are books that I have loved over the years.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Islands in Flux: The Andaman and Nicobar Story by Pankaj Sekhsaria. The environmental and climate changes in these islands and how much of a threat it poses to the beautiful island chain.

Andhra Pradesh: That Man on the Road: Contemporary Telugu Short Fiction: Edited by Ranga Rao. 18 short stories, each so different and each of them can be related to at a universal level - given the range of emotions.

Arunachal Pradesh: The Legends of Pensam by Mamang Dai. Interconnected stories, blending myth and history, Mamang brings to fore the customs, traditions and beliefs of her people.

Assam: His Share of Sky by Rashmi Narzary. The stories of the life of a 10-year-old boy, Barsau, living in a Bodo village are hilarious, poignant and often just make you want to revisit childhood.

Bihar: The Patna Manual of Style: Stories by Siddharth Chowdhury. A fascinating collection of nine interlinked stories.

Bihar: Anything by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar ji really. Dinkar ji ko nahi padha, toh kya padha. But Kurukshetra hamari sabse favourite hain.

Chandigarh: Storm in Chandigarh by Nayantara Sahgal. Personal lives intertwined with political ones. A headrush of a novel!

Chhattisgarh: Because Vinod Kumar Shukla cannot be contained in one book. Read him. Read him now.

While I rack my brains about books set in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, here are some of my favourite books set in Delhi:

Delhi by Khushwant Singh
Babyji by Abha Dawesar
Twilight in Delhi by Ahmed Ali
The Householder by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Clear Light of Day

More from Delhi:

The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy
The Gin Drinkers by Sagarika Ghose
Where Stones Speak by Rana Safvi
Dilli Ki Galiyan by Amrita Pritam
The walls of Delhi by Uday Prakash
The heart has its reasons by Krishna Sobti
The Seduction Of Delhi by Abhay K.

Goa:

Goa, a daughter’s story by Maria Aurora Couto

Skin by Margaret Mascarenhas

Just Matata by Braz Menezes

Full Disclosure by Manohar Shetty

Ferry Crossing : Short stories from Goa. Edited by Manohar Shetty.

Gujarat:

By the Sabarmati by Esther David
The Burden of Refuge by Rita Kothari
Karan Ghelo by Nandshankar Mehta

Haryana: Read so many of his poems which are hilarious and satirical also, so, "Best of Alhad Bikaneri". Try his poems. They are something else. Really.

Himachal Pradesh: The Red Tin Roof by Nirmal Verma. A story of a young girl growing into adolescence. Fantastically written.

Jammu and Kashmir:

The Veiled Suite by Agha Shahid Ali
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
Our Moon has Blood Clots by Rahul Pandita
Do you Remember Kunan Poshpora?: The Story of a Mass Rape

Jharkhand:

The Adivasi Will Not Dance: Stories by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Karnataka:

The Scent of Pepper by Kavery Nambisan

Kerala:

Hangwoman by K.R. Meera
I can't ignore The God of Small Things. Love it to bits
Goat Days by Benyamin
The Legends of Khasak by O.V. Vijayan

Lakshwadeep: Haven't read anything from there.

Madhya Pradesh: Anything by Harishankar Parsai. Anything at all. Padho unhein.
Baramasi by Gyan Chaturvedi
A Dying Banyan by Manzoor Ahtesham

Maharashtra:

Crowfall by Shanta Gokhale
Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar
Seven Sixes are Forty-Three by Kiran Nagarkar
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
Dangerlok by Eunice de Souza
I Want to Destroy Myself by Malika Amar Shaikh

Manipur: The Mothers of Manipur by Teresa Rehman
The Maharaja's Household by M.K. Binodini Devi

Meghalaya: Neti, Neti by Anjum Hasan
Boats on Land by Janice Pariat

Mizoram: Zorami - A Redemption Song by Malsawmi Jacob.

Nagaland: Son of the Thundercloud by
Easterine Kire

Odisha: Citadel of Love by Pratibha Ray.

Puducherry: Auroville: A City for the Future by Anuradha Majumdar
The Pondicherry Kitchen by Lourdes Tirouvanziam-Louis. It has some lovely anecdotes as well.

Punjab: Mitro marjani by Krishna Sobti
Zindaginama by Krishna Sobti.

More from Punjab:

Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
Anything by Rajinder Singh Bedi. You can start with I Take This Woman
The Dark River and Other Stories by Krishan Chander
Rasidi Ticket by Amrita Pritam
Heera Pheri by Surender Mohan Pathak
The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa

Rajasthan: Kasturi Mrig by Chetan Swami.

Sikkim: Sikkim by Andrew Duff
Land Where I Flee by Prajwal Parajuly

Tamil Nadu: Poniyan Selvan by Kalki
Kalki short stories
Sangati by Bama
Poems by Kutti Revathi
Ms. Militancy by Meena Kandasamy

Telangana: A Shift in the Wind by
Aminuddin Khan

Tripura: Not covered yet.

Uttar Pradesh: Anything by Premchand, Aag ka Dariya by Qurratulain Hyder, Anything by Ismat Aapa, Mai by Geetanjali Shree, Gunaho Ka Devta by Dharamvir Bharati, Alama Kabutari by Maitreyi Pushpa

Uttarakhand: Mountain echoes by Namita Gokhale, Things to Leave Behind by Namita Gokhale, In the Shadow of Devi Kumaon by Manju Kak (a must-read).

West Bengal: Nauka Doobi by Tagore, Anything by Mahasweta Devi, Dozakhnama by Rabisankar Bal, Matchbox by Ashapurna Debi

More from West Bengal: The Fifth Man by Bani Basu, Short Stories by Banphool, Pather Panchali, Nishkriti by Chattopadhyay, First Light by Gangopadhyay, The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told, Short Stories by Satyajit Ray, Feluda also.

And now I am done. Thank you guys for being so kind. :) And sorry I could not accommodate all the writers and books you'd want me to. Some I forgot and some weren't my favourites. Let's read harder!