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Fiction: Poorani’s life turns into an endless crisis after her father dies, till she meets Aravindan
Na Parthasarathy Malini Seshadri
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‘Remember, Mr Sharma’: This novel laced with novel magical realism explores India’s communal history
Sahana Hegde
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Sunday book pick: Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s only short story ‘Recitatif’
Sayari Debnath
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‘Think Again’: Jaqueline Wilson’s novel grapples with the realities of being a late millennial
Annabel M Yates, The Conversation
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‘Liberal Hearts’: This fun and frothy campus novel is reminiscent of old-school Bollywood
Prerna Vij
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Fiction: Seema’s and Madhu’s worlds expand radically when they start working in a factory in Noida
Bhaichand Patel
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Fiction: Did Kanchhi escape to the city from her village in Nepal, or did the civil war claim her?
Weena Pun
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Fiction: 68-year-old Gajanan casts aside his meek old self and embraces his new homicidal avatar
Salil Desai
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Fiction: Young Langdya blackmails the school principal when he learns of his affair with a teacher
Shrikant Bojewar Vikrant Pande
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Fiction: Militancy and madness reach the quiet town of Patiala, triggering unexpected changes
Neel Kamal Puri
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Is there space on serious Indian bookshelves for the silliness of a racy crime novel?
Samyukta Bhowmick
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Sunday book pick: The horrifying effects of the failure of language in ‘A Cage in Search of a Bird’
Sayari Debnath
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This novel reimagines the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, Devavrata
Vaishnavi Patel
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Fiction: In the shadows of their turbulent pasts, three women find their destinies intertwined
Kiran Manral
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Fiction: Arijit Basu does not know that he has hired an undocumented migrant as a domestic worker
Bhaskar Roy
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Sunday book pick: The many reflections of womanhood in Danielle Pender’s ‘Watching Women and Girls’
Sayari Debnath
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Booker Prize review: Desire, suspicion, and obsession comprise the emotional core of ‘The Safekeep’
Sayari Debnath
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Fiction: Everything changes when D’Asthetique, a swank salon, opens in a colony of beauty parlours
Akshita Nanda
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Horror fiction: Tara has written some (in)famous romances featuring monsters. Now one is hunting her
Kritika Kapoor
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For children: A teenaged prince Ram stumbles upon a secret plot to steal a divine weapon
RK Singh