Mountain Passes
It’s been a while since India turned into a publishing hub for the sub-continent, with both Pakistani and Nepali writers of repute regularly turning up on the lists of our trade publishers. But for the last couple of years, even Bhutanese writers are trying to find a toehold in the publishing scene here. The way it seems to work is the same way most writers get published here: a friend of a friend introduces you to a publisher who then signs you on. That’s how Bhutan’s most prolific writer, Kunzang Choden, finally got published by Zubaan. and that’s how Kinley Dorji’s collection of short stories and memoirs landed on the desk of his Penguin publisher.