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Amrita Mahale

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Amrita Mahale

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Amrita Mahale was born in Mumbai and grew up in five cities across India. Milk Teeth, her first novel, was published to widespread acclaim in 2018 and was longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature and shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award for Fiction. Her second novel, Real Life, was published by Penguin Random House India in July 2025. Amrita was trained as an aerospace engineer at IIT Bombay and Stanford University.

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Milk Teeth

3.78 avg rating — 2,654 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions
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Real Life by Amrita Mahale
"Real Life is the first book I’ve read by Amrita Mahale, and I went into it with fairly low expectations. I was unsure if I wanted to read her at all, half-expecting another spicy romantic drama centred around college students or people in their early" Read more of this review »
Real Life by Amrita Mahale
"There are some books that creep under the skin, make you ponder things you never paused to consider, and quietly gnaw their way in until they make a home there. For weeks, I kept returning to snatches of the narrative, trying to absorb the intricacy " Read more of this review »
Real Life by Amrita Mahale
"We live in a world conditioned to believe that women cannot be friends. However, this book challenges that notion and celebrates friendships that can last a lifetime. "Real Life" is a testament to female friendships, beautifully showcasing their dept" Read more of this review »
Real Life by Amrita Mahale
"With Real Life, Amrita Mahale proves (once again) that she is one of India's shining literary lights. If Milk Teeth was tender, this book is raw but succulent and juicy. It draws you in, very slowly. Initially, you're not sure why you're reading what" Read more of this review »
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“It was easy to believe that a mother’s love was unconditional, which made it alright to challenge her, correct her, laugh at her. Fathers were more complicated. Their love, once earned, had to be sustained. It had to be sheltered from the glare of truth.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

“She had believed that the heart was like a house and when you let someone in, they were only a guest. You could entertain them in the living room while keeping the bedrooms shut. You could limit their footprint to a minimum. But she had not suspected that Kaiz was a shameless, over-familiar guest who took a tour of the house on his own, opening doors and walking in unescorted, uninvited.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

“It would make sense to her much later, that you needed some distance from a city to be able to worship it the way he did. It had also been his way of belonging: learning its mythology was one of many paths to calling a city home.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

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“So for most practical purposes, the communal violence that started after the Babri Masjid fell came to an end after the blasts, but the spell of peace that followed felt like hate was only shedding its milk teeth.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

“When you looked at yourself, you saw a tangle of fiction and feeling. You only began to make sense under the lingering gaze of another.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

“She had believed that the heart was like a house and when you let someone in, they were only a guest. You could entertain them in the living room while keeping the bedrooms shut. You could limit their footprint to a minimum. But she had not suspected that Kaiz was a shameless, over-familiar guest who took a tour of the house on his own, opening doors and walking in unescorted, uninvited.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

“It was easy to believe that a mother’s love was unconditional, which made it alright to challenge her, correct her, laugh at her. Fathers were more complicated. Their love, once earned, had to be sustained. It had to be sheltered from the glare of truth.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

“It would make sense to her much later, that you needed some distance from a city to be able to worship it the way he did. It had also been his way of belonging: learning its mythology was one of many paths to calling a city home.”
Amrita Mahale, Milk Teeth

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