
YADAHALLI, India — It is a monsoon morning, which means torrential rain, breaking a dry spell that has persisted since a brutally hot summer. My family...


YADAHALLI, India — It is a monsoon morning, which means torrential rain, breaking a dry spell that has persisted since a brutally hot summer. My family...
Journalist Sena Desai Gopal’s debut novel, The 86th Village, was acquired by Chantelle Aimée Osman at Polis Books imprint Agora Books. The novel, the publisher said, revolves around plans for...

Hitting stores in March 2022, check out the cover of The 86th Village for the first time here and learn about Sena Desai Gopal’s inspiration for...

Somehow, despite what feels like mounting evidence to the contrary, we’ve nearly arrived at 2022. And while we’re still in denial, it seems all but certain...
“I knew that the best way to make the world better was through the written word.” Today’s woman dreamer, Sena Desai Gopal, is a published journalist...

The debut is a powerful indictment of graft and corruption, as well as a comparison of poverty and wealth in that country. However, it’s difficult to...
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