For those that don’t know the pulp industry is thriving in India with some authors publishing up to five novels a month in a variety of genres.
The current issue of Tehelka is devoted to Pulp & Noir.
In his Letter From the Editor Tarun J Tepal says
But for one brief week, at the end of every year, TEHELKA lets go. It hands its pages over to the artisans of fiction, leaving them free to decode the world as they choose, with sense or no sense. To the critics — who wonder at such whimsicality — we say, it’s only a fleeting interlude, the stars of reality are straining at the wings ready to regain the stage. So take a deep breath, shake your head, perhaps locate a fresh perspective.
I discovered the wonderful world of Indian pulp fiction more than a year ago and what I read was only the tip of a huge iceberg. As I said then I hope to see more of this fiction translated into English in the future.
The Table of Contents
Letter from the Editor by TARUN J TEJPAL
Real Cool Boredom Killers: How pulp and noir will save Indian writing in English by GAURAV JAIN
Booze, Broads & Bullets: The pleasures of illustrating pulp and noir by SUDEEP CHAUDHURI
ABRIANI’S SIX by ATUL SABHARWAL
PULPTANTRA by PANKAJ ADVANI
THE MISSING by UZMA ASLAM KHAN
HOW TO BE A GOOD SERIAL KILLER by ZAC O’YEAH
THE LAST GAME ON THE GOA EXPRESS by SURENDER MOHAN PATHAK
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS by SIDDHARTH CHOWDHURY
THE VALLEY OF BLOODY LAL by APPUPEN
IN THIS TIME, IN THIS COUNTRY by HM NAQVI
THE GAZETTEER OF DREAMS by SHIV VISVANATHAN
YET ANOTHER LIFE by RAJESH KUMAR
MARVELLOUS & DEVIOUS by PATRICK BRYSON
CHIVAS REGAL AT THE AGRA HOTEL by SHEHRYAR FAZLI
IS HE FRESH AKA KAULA HAI? by DEVDUTT PATTANAIK
Surender Mohan Pathak reads his Pulp&Noir story “The Last Game on the Goa Express”
Zac O’Yeah reads his Pulp&Noir story “How To Be A Good Serial Killer”
