Will there be love after an environmental apocalypse strikes? A new novel pops the question

An excerpt from ‘Darklands’, by Arnav Das Sharma.

Arnav Das Sharma

· Feb 24, 2021 · 05:30 pm

In ‘Quichotte’, Salman Rushdie reimagines a classic in an age where truth is lost to manipulation

Rushdie’s cover version of ‘Don Quixote’ represents one of the emerging but essential quandaries of the twenty-first century.

Arnav Das Sharma

· Sep 08, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Like its country of origin, ‘Babu Bangladesh’ is a polyphonous enigma, masquerading as a novel

Numair Atif Choudhury’s ‘Babu Bangladesh’ is one of the most ambitious novels, in any language, to have come out of Bangladesh.

Arnav Das Sharma

· Aug 03, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘In many states, the index of opposition unity is more crucial than the popularity of a party’

An interview with Prannoy Roy and Dorab R Sopariwala, whose new book ‘The Verdict: Decoding India’s Elections’ mines past data and trends.

Arnav Das Sharma

· Mar 30, 2019 · 08:30 am

Delhi’s famous colony of magicians and puppeteers awaits destruction

As the Delhi High Court rejects their plea to halt a redevelopment plan, the magicians, puppeteers and other residents of Kathputl colony await the destruction of their homes.

Arnav Das Sharma

· Apr 12, 2014 · 06:41 am