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Fiction and Beyond: selection of Ashokamitran’s works launched

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The book, which is the latest of The Hindu’s Special Publications and curated by Mini Krishnan, comprises a collection of the renowned writer’s works between 1989 and 2017

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Gita Mehta in March 1990.

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