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‘When George III Drives a Train’: A short story by KR Meera
KR Meera
· Jan 31, 2019 · 08:30 am
Krishna Sobti lost a childhood friend in the Partition riots and wrote about her in fiction – twice
Krishna Sobti
· Jan 29, 2019 · 08:30 am
A Van Gogh has been stolen. Is the thief Indian? A new crime novel chases an art masterpiece
Vish Dhamija
· Jan 28, 2019 · 08:30 am
The death of Buffet Bhatt and the antics of Coke Rao: This novel takes a knife to Delhi’s swish set
Ravi Shankar Etteth
· Jan 25, 2019 · 08:30 am
Shame and displacement lead to an unexpected end in this short story from an all-women anthology
Reshma Ruia
· Jan 21, 2019 · 05:30 pm
The eternal story of the Rani of Jhansi gets a new treatment in this novel
Moupia Basu
· Jan 21, 2019 · 08:30 am
This novel proves that fiction offers many sides to a story when history provides a single version
Ibtisam Ahmed
· Jan 19, 2019 · 08:30 am
Why this novel about Marwaris in Bengal needs to be looked at through the lens of non-fiction
Sudeep Chakravarti
· Jan 19, 2019 · 07:30 am
In ‘Cut’, a theatre director charged with sedition finds new popularity after his death
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu
· Jan 15, 2019 · 05:30 pm
Memories of the Battle of Kohima blend with the realities of present-day Nagaland in this novel
Easterine Kire
· Jan 15, 2019 · 08:30 am
A man is missing because he cannot engage with his daily life. A novel is written about him.
Asif Farrukhi
· Jan 14, 2019 · 08:30 am
Perumal Murugan’s double sequels to ‘One Part Woman’ explore what comes after a transgression
Sharanya Manivannan
· Jan 13, 2019 · 07:30 am
Three teenaged lives start to unravel in this Young Adult novel about love, loss and mental illness
Himanjali Sankar
· Jan 09, 2019 · 08:30 am
A young doctor negotiates love, sexuality and family in Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s new novel
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
· Jan 07, 2019 · 08:30 am
This novel gives faces and voices to the victims of the 1984 massacre of Sikhs
Suhasini Patni
· Jan 05, 2019 · 05:30 pm
‘Every week brought a new rejection’: Amrita Mahale on writing and publishing her debut novel
Urvashi Bahuguna
· Jan 05, 2019 · 12:30 pm
Poverty and love star in this touching book about teenaged breadwinners from forest hamlets
Nirmala Govindarajan
· Jan 03, 2019 · 08:30 am
Best of 2018: Novels
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· Dec 31, 2018 · 03:49 pm
Normal People
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· Dec 31, 2018 · 03:38 pm
Convenience Store Woman
Scroll Staff
· Dec 31, 2018 · 03:37 pm
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