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Herbarium is a work of eco-fiction of startling ambition and talent. Growing up in Dubai with his parents, Tipu is a sensitive little boy more at home in the glow of video games than in the natural landscapes his mother, Fatima, adores. But during a weekend trip, Tipu’s world of whimsy is upended. Like a transplanted seedling, he comes to live at his mother’s childhood home in Kerala, where he is surrounded by the traces of her past—handwritten notes, pressed flowers and leafs, & the stories people remember her by. In the hush of groves and unspoken wounds carried over generations in their community, Tipu begins to see the world through his mother’s eyes.

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Sonia Rafeek is a UAE-based Malayalam writer & translator, with a MSc in Plant Pathology from Kerala Agricultural University. Her award winning debut Herbarium (2016) is included in Kerala University’s BA Malayalam Literature curriculum. Ministhy S. is an IAS officer working in the Uttar Pradesh cadre. She translates between three languages: Malayalam, English & Hindi.

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