This novel about women fighting the demolition of their slum is a story of friendship and resilience

Mathangi Subramanian’s ‘A People’s History of Heaven’ is set in a fictional slum in Bengaluru.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· 6 hours ago

Meet the author who wants to break the silence around adoption with her children’s book

An interview with Nandana Dev Sen, the author of ‘In My Heart’.

Chandrima Pal

· 8 hours ago

This book is a fascinating walk through the lives of Indian cities told through their trees

In this month’s column, Gopalkrishna Gandhi reads ‘Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities’ by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli.

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

· 10 hours ago

Binyavanga Wainaina (1971-2019): The dazzling Kenyan writer who embodied a politics of truth

One of Africa’s most famous writers, Wainaina is best-known for his acclaimed memoir and for coming out as gay to protest anti-homosexuality laws.

Adriaan van Klinken, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

An account of a fatal kidnapping reminds us how widespread the crime actually is

Arita Sarkar’s book ‘Kidnapped’ chronicles cases of abduction, ransom and revenge from around the country.

Arita Sarkar

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Meet Marilyn Booth, translator of the Man Booker International Prize winner ‘Celestial Bodies’

A pre-Man Booker interview with the American academician who translated Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s ‘Sayyidat al-Qamr’ from Arabic.

Marcia Lynx Qualey

· May 23, 2019 · 05:30 pm

From maharani to politician: How Gayatri Devi joined the Swatantra Party to oppose the Congress

On the former Maharani of Jaipur’s centenary, this excerpt from her memoir describes her entry into politics.

Gayatri Devi

· May 23, 2019 · 08:30 am

On his 112th birth anniversary, would Hergé have acknowledged the racism in his Tintin comics?

The colonial gaze is evident in the different ways white and non-white people and spaces are depicted in the Tintin comics.

Pratiti

· May 22, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Omani author Jokha Alharthi wins Man Booker International Prize for ‘Celestial Bodies’

The book tells the story of three sisters confronting Oman’s slave-owning past and a complex modern world.

Scroll Staff

· May 22, 2019 · 12:22 pm

‘By 16, I was a borderline rabid atheist’: How Kamal Haasan developed his politics as a child

An excerpt from Sonia Singh’s ‘Defining India’, in which the superstar talks about ‘the unmaking of an actor, the making of a politician’.

Sonia Singh

· May 22, 2019 · 08:30 am

When Lisa Ray auditioned for a James Bond film: ‘What am I doing here?’

Edited excerpts from the memoir ‘Close to the Bone’.

Lisa Ray

· May 22, 2019 · 08:15 am

‘Things are not what they seem’: How Haruki Murakami blurs the lines of reality in his novels

Some readers have grown weary of the tropes in the bestselling author’s books but few writers can do what he does.

Shireen Quadri

· May 21, 2019 · 05:30 pm