Civil Lines 6
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Edited by Mukul Kesavan, Kai Friese and Achal Prabhala
HarperCollins India,
264 pages, R350
The distinguished Indian literary journal Civil Lines went to bed in 2001 and awoke a decade later to an unrecognisable world. 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.
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