Description

About The Book

Civil Lines went to bed in 2001 and rose nearly a decade later in an unrecognizable world. Rip Van Winkle slept twice as long but woke up less disoriented: time moves faster in googleworld than it did in the Catskills in the late eighteenth century. The best explanation for the elephantine gestation of Civil Lines 6 is the truth, in the words of the editors themselves: unsure of their editorial judgement, they waited for the submissions to pass the test of time. And this is a collection of the pieces that survived.

Key Features

• Civil Lines was one of the most respected publications of new writing from India till 2001, with a committed fan following; with this, it makes a comeback
• An anthology of the finest contemporary writing in India
• Contributors include well-known authors like Ruchir Joshi, U.R. Ananthamurthy, Gauri Gill, Naresh Fernandes, Nilanjana Roy, among others
• The editors of the anthology are established names in Indian publishing

About The Authors

Mukul Kesavan is a writer based in Delhi;

Kai Friese is a magazine editor in Delhi;

Achal Prabhala is a writer and researcher in Bangalore.