What impact did the Sikh Gurus have on the empires of Sikh kings?

An excerpt from ‘Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire’, by Priya Atwal.

Priya Atwal

· 7 hours ago

Working at Google is cool, but have you ever tried to run a food business on weekends?

An excerpt from ‘How I Quit Google To Sell Samosas: Adventures With The Bohri Kitchen’, by Munaf Kapadia with Zahabia Rajkotwala.

Munaf Kapadia

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Zahabia Rajkotwala

· 16 hours ago

‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First’: This debut tries to do too many things for a focused novel

Karuna Ezara Parikh’s novel is a story of star-crossed lovers, but it refuses to be just that.

Sahana Hegde

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

‘The Mask Falling’: Samantha Shannon’s latest novel helps you escape to Paris during the pandemic

Book 4 of the ‘The Bone Season’ series sets things up perfectly for the remaining three parts.

Divya Soundararajan

· Yesterday · 12:30 pm

Born in the pandemic, these libraries in Bengal run with meagre resources but get people reading

One of them is in Kolkata, and the other, in a village. Both were set up to keep schoolchildren amidst books.

Rohan Datta

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Anuja Chauhan’s new novel may be a whodunnit, but its people are its pleasure, as usual

In ‘Club You To Death’, the popular writer with a perfect ear for conversation uses crime as a vehicle to portray the ‘beautiful people’ of Delhi society.

Trisha Gupta

· Apr 10, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘The Non-Essential Ashis Nandy’ is essential reading for our times. Especially for the young

Clues, partial answers and starting directions to solving some of the great puzzles and questions playing out in India today.

Durba Chattaraj

· Apr 10, 2021 · 12:30 pm

This book visits the sites of India’s civilisations to reimagine 4,000 years of history

Namit Arora combines the evidence gleaned from travel and research to draw informed conclusions in ‘Indians: A Brief History of a Civilisation’.

Rajmohan Gandhi

· Apr 10, 2021 · 08:30 am

This book of short stories explores the gritty realities of Mumbai through dreams of individuals

An excerpt from the story ‘Parfum’ from Rochelle Potkar’s short story collection ‘Bombay Hangovers’.

Rochelle Potkar

· Apr 09, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Seven retold satirical stories starring Mullah Nasruddin that are absurdly relevant today

Excerpts from ‘Teaching a Horse to Sing: Tales of Uncommon Sense from India and Elsewhere’, retold by Delshad Karanjia.

Delshad Karanjia

· Apr 09, 2021 · 08:30 am

Manu Bhattathiri’s novel is set once again in the playfully mythical fictional town of Karuthupuzha

An excerpt from ‘The Oracle of Karuthupuzha,’ the third in the series after ‘The Town That Laughed’ and ‘Savithri's Special Room and Other Stories’.

Manu Bhattathiri

· Apr 08, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Did the Namboodiris change Malayalam to add Sanskrit elements to the language?

An excerpt from ‘Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India Through Its Languages’, by Peggy Mohan

Peggy Mohan

· Apr 08, 2021 · 08:30 am