In the Spotlight by Susmita Bhattacharya

Susmita Bhattacharya (In the Spotlight) is an Indianborn writer. Her debut novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian, 2015) was longlisted at the Mumbai Film Festival, 2018. Her short story collection, Table Manners (Dahlia Publishing, 2018), won the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection, was a finalist for the Hall & Woodhouse DLF Prize and has been featured on BBC Radio 4. Susmita teaches creative writing at Winchester University and facilitates the ArtfulScribe Mayflower Young Writers programme in Southampton. She was also Writer-in- Residence at London’s Word Factory in 2021. Find her on Twitter @Susmitatweets

Susmita's work appears in Issue 10 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.