‘Elmet’ is the outsider, written by an unknown writer, in the race for the Man Booker Prize

Fiona Mozley is a bookseller and first-time novelist whose debut is now competing with heavyweights.

Anu Kumar

· Sep 28, 2017 · 05:30 pm

One reason Ali Smith’s ‘Autumn’ may have been shortlisted for the Man Booker? Sheer inventiveness

Will it be fourth time lucky for this capricious and courageous Scottish novelist?

Anu Kumar

· Sep 23, 2017 · 05:30 pm

The Irish slave trader and sea captain who founded the town of Bombay – in New York

Two Bombays played a dominant role in the life of Michael Hogan.

Anu Kumar

· Sep 18, 2017 · 11:30 am

Prithviraj Chauhan: Which stories about the king have been made up over the years?

Cynthia Talbot’s scholarly book on Prithviraj Chauhan shows how stories about him have shape-shifted to mirror the concerns of different ages.

Anu Kumar

· Sep 17, 2017 · 08:30 am

This moving Booker long-listed novel tells a stark story of the mysterious effects of human bondage

Emily Fridlund’s ‘History of Wolves’ explores the lingering effects of even tenuous relationships.

Anu Kumar

· Sep 10, 2017 · 05:30 pm

An Indian family’s encounter with caste and untouchability that no one should ignore even in 2017

Sujatha Gidla’s ‘Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India’ should make all of us squirm.

Anu Kumar

· Sep 03, 2017 · 08:30 am

An American writer of Indian origin has written a marvellous book about memory, not immigrants

Durga Chew-Bose’s essays in ‘Too Much and Not the Mood’ will make the reader search for themselves too.

Anu Kumar

· Aug 19, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Finally, a tantalising YA book (for adults too) that uses archaeology to recount Indian history

‘India Through Archaeology’ wisely tells us history isn’t to be mixed up with ancient oral texts.

Anu Kumar

· Aug 12, 2017 · 10:30 am

Set in the glitter of Gurgaon, ‘The Windfall’ is the novel of India’s poor little rich crowd

Diksha Basu’s sharply-observed novel examines how new wealth rewires a family.

Anu Kumar

· Jul 09, 2017 · 08:30 am

This book unpacks the enigma of Arun Kolatkar and the many passions of the ‘Bombay poets’

‘Bombay Modern’ is a fine examination of the regional and global setting that shaped the poetry of its time to recreate the local

Anu Kumar

· May 31, 2017 · 08:30 am

How a furniture designer’s love for Ahmedabad helped popularise Indian crafts in the US

Lockwood de Forest set up the Ahmedabad Woodcarving Company in 1881, with the objective of taking Indian designs to a discerning American clientele.

Anu Kumar

· May 16, 2017 · 11:30 am

Do Indians need to read a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about slavery in 19th century USA? Yes

Because Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ asks difficult questions about freedom in any country, in any period.

Anu Kumar

· May 13, 2017 · 08:30 am