What can happen in a country when extremists take over? This novel foresees its future

Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

· Jun 12, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘Shamal Days’: Marked by sorrow and self-loathing, this novel of neuroses is an absorbing read

Sahana Hegde

· Jun 12, 2021 · 12:30 pm

‘Fifty-five Pillars, Red Walls’: Classic Hindi novel set in girls’ college gets English translation

Usha Priyamvada

· Jun 09, 2021 · 05:47 pm

Diksha Basu’s ‘Destination Wedding’ shortlisted for the Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction

Diksha Basu

· Jun 08, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Naheed Patel’s debut novel says a lot about its unlikeable narrator, and more about you, the reader

Gayathri Sankar

· Jun 06, 2021 · 05:30 pm

A new novel paints an unusual world of cockfights, politics, rajahs – and gory violence

Sidharth Singh

· Jun 03, 2021 · 05:30 pm

The loneliness of the expatriate Indian in West Asia lies at the heart of this novel

Sabin Iqbal

· Jun 02, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Why American climate fiction is fuelling age-old stereotypes about modern migration

Bryan Yazell, The Conversation

· Jun 01, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Biggles turns 122: Why those who grew up in the 20th Century can never forget the fictional pilot

Ajay Mankotia

· May 26, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Despite weak storylines, Mira Sethi’s short fiction offers an engaging glimpse of urban Pakistan

Rabeea Saleem

· May 23, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Krupa Ge’s ‘What We Know About Her’ is a gentle investigation of the fault-lines of a family’s past

Gayathri Sankar

· May 22, 2021 · 12:30 pm

What happens when you inherit trauma? This debut novel imagines answers to a troubling question

Naheed Phiroze Patel

· May 21, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Remembering Bengali writer Sirsho Bandopadhyay (1967-2021) with his novel ‘Tiger Woman’

Sirsho Bandopadhyay

· May 19, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘Dark Tales’: In this story from the collection, a journalist meets Death. Or does he?

Venita Coelho

· May 17, 2021 · 05:30 pm

A clever device – a narrator who is losing her memory – ignites this novel of the modern family

Isa Ayidh

· May 15, 2021 · 08:30 am

Real life urge in YA fiction: A teenager decides to go in for a body makeover

Andaleeb Wajid

· May 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm

This novel records the epic journey of a woman’s bid to break free after a bad marriage

R Vatsala

· May 12, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘Throughout the novel there are sightings of the migrant, as ancient a figure as any’: Jeet Thayil

Dyuti Mishra

· May 08, 2021 · 05:30 pm

In Ambai’s new collection of short stories, a wild, unbounded energy binds death-themed narratives

Vibha Balaji

· May 08, 2021 · 12:30 pm

A teenage detective (and friends) investigate a murder in an apartment block during a lockdown

Shabnam Minwalla

· May 07, 2021 · 05:30 pm