"I love what THE VANISHINGS makes of empty space, of the disappeared and disappearing, the once-longed-for, the self, the empty door. Kavi Yaga has a mighty ear and these propulsive stories grip you with lines that sing, leaving you big-eyed and better-made."
Kaveh Akbar
Author of Martyr!
"Loved these stories that capture the subtle erasures in eight women's lives bringing them to vivid life in all the rich colours and sounds of life in South India."
Sheela Reddy
Author of Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India
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"This book is the most enjoyable I have read on the Mountain and the Lake. In what is an intensely personal narrative, Kavitha has woven in most of the relevant historical and mythological elements. It is a great pleasure to read."
Deb Mukharji, Author of Kailash And Manasarovar: A Quest Beyond the Himalaya
About Kavi Yaga
Kavi Yaga is the author of 'The Vanishings: Eight Stories', (Texas Review Press, June 2026) which was selected by Kaveh Akbar as the Judge's Choice of the George Garrett Fiction Prize. Her travel memoir, 'Walking in Clouds: A Journey to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar' (HarperCollins India, 2018), was nominated for the inaugural AutHer Awards. A 2023 Yaddo Fellow and runner-up for the 2021 Calvino Prize for Speculative Fiction, Kavi attended the 2022 Summer Session at Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her stories and essays have appeared in One Story, The Hindu, Swamp Pink, Outlook Traveller, Killing the Buddha, River Teeth Journal (Beautiful Things), and elsewhere. She is co-editor of Dr. Y. V. Reddy's 'Work, Wisdom, Legacy: 31 Essays From India' (OrientBlackswan, 2025). Kavi Yaga lives in Hyderabad with her husband, Hari, and their excitable Golden Retriever, Neo. In previous avataars, she worked as a software engineer in Chicago and a development economics researcher in South India—experiences that inform her interest in how people navigate between different worlds.
Events
June, 2026
Chicago, New York, Dallas
Venues To Be Announced
'The Vanishings: Eight Stories'
Book Release
January 25th, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hyderabad and Online
CREDAI Orwell 1 @ Sattva Knowledge City, HITEC City
Hyderabad Literary Festival, 2026
In Coversation with Anand Neelakantan on His Book, 'Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons'
December 15th, 2025
11:00 AM
Hyderabad
@ R. B. V. R. R. Women’s College, Chitrapuri Colony, Lingampally, Narayanguda
Chief Guest, Quills Literary Festival,
Department of English and Foreign Languages,
R. B. V. R. R. Women’s College