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

This memoir reveals the pain of writing in a time of suicidal depression

The pain of losing the language you dream in to gain the language you write in.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 30, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Hari Kunzru blends blues music, racial politics and time travel to remind us why we love fiction

‘White Tears’ reimagines the past, present and future the way only a novel can.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 22, 2017 · 07:00 am

The 19th-century women doctors of India whose pioneering work has been forgotten by history

Charlotte Ellaby and her peers changed the rules, when women were only considered fit to be nurses or midwives.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 10, 2017 · 11:30 am

How the complexities of Hinduism and Indian society confused Europeans

The lack of a uniform social structure or a monotheistic religion baffled Westerners.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 08, 2017 · 08:30 am

How will love survive in a world dominated by terrorism, war, and refugees?

A couple flee an unknown city just like refugees. Does their romance accompany them?

Anu Kumar

· Apr 07, 2017 · 08:30 am

If it wasn’t enough that Jhumpa Lahiri has translated this novel, it is also a response to Ferrante

And the possibility of a real-life relationship between Ferrante and this novel’s writer makes things all the more interesting.

Anu Kumar

· Mar 18, 2017 · 06:00 am