fiction
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What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?
Christine Larson, The Conversation Ashley Carter, The Conversation
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Something has happened to Archana and Raju’s young daughter. Will their worst nightmare come true?
Harish Vasudevan
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Fiction: A new book of short stories dwells on the human subconsciousness and forbidden desires
Aparna Sanyal
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Children’s fiction: There’s no ostrich here. But a visitor wants to see one. How will Ritu find it?
Lesley D Biswas
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Fiction: A 2032 war ends when a supernatural event saves Lalbag, an obscure town, from destruction
Meghna Pant
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Fiction: Will Ashima reunite with her long-lost daughter, whom she was forced to give away at birth?
Bulbul Sharma
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For children: Strange outbreaks of chaotic magic happen in London and Cordelia is blamed for treason
Tamzin Merchant
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Romance fiction: Can Sana fall in love ‘again’ after an accident changes the course of her life?
Nona Uppal
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Children’s fiction by actor Jugal Hansraj: Young Kadis has an eerie feeling that he’s being followed
Jugal Hansraj
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February fiction from around the world: Six newly-published books to read this month
Scroll Staff
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‘Chronicle of an Hour and a Half’: What if I become the mob?
Sayari Debnath
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In Upamanyu Chatterjee’s new novel, 19-year-old Lorenzo searches for god and the meaning of life
Upamanyu Chatterjee
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Fiction: What happens when two friends find themselves on opposite sides of the 1966 Mizoram war
Nikhil J Alva
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Fiction: Augustine, son of an Englishwoman and a noble Indian, chooses a lawless life of pillage
Stephen Alter
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February fiction: Six recently published books to read over four weeks
Sayari Debnath
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Fiction: Nena, one of the world’s greatest eccentrics ever, sets out to find her husband’s lovers
Shinie Antony
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Based on a true story: A 1930s murder in Calcutta that sent shockwaves across the British empire
Dan Morrison
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Fiction: An ominous prophecy. Indiscriminate deaths. Something is brewing in the kingdom of Mithila
TV Mahalingam
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Fiction: Ayesha tries to break free in a conservative Pakistani city
Awais Khan
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Fiction: Sisters Malati and Kamala, backed by their progressive father, join the freedom movement
Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri