Prizewinning writer Anusha Jasraj’s literary debut brims with tenderness and tumult in love

An excerpt from a short story from the collection ‘ Principles of Prediction.’

Anushka Jasraj

· 8 hours ago

‘You say nothing, you speak of no one, we hear each other breathe’: Eight poems by Anupama Raju

‘There’s nothing left to talk about. Candles are all out.’ Poetry of silence.

Anupama Raju

· 17 hours ago

‘Earthlings’: This novel by the author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ will make you very uneasy

Sayak Murata writes once again about those who cannot fit into society but have to be part of it.

Suhasini Patni

· Yesterday · 06:30 pm

Fifteen books with which to travel through nature when journeying out is impossible

These books go around the world both historically and geographically.

Janice Pariat

· Yesterday · 12:00 pm

How a community library in Mumbai dependent on generosity and goodwill is coping with the pandemic

The library has both initiated and benefited from the participation of neighbours and others.

Khorshed Deboo

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

‘The Lying Life of Adults’: Why we can’t stop reading a novel featuring an unlikeable adolescent

Elena Ferrante’s latest is true to the limitations of its narrator – and the lies of living.

Vighnesh Hampapura

· Nov 28, 2020 · 05:30 pm

A novel about Maradona from Bengal, home to millions of his fans, imagines his life off the field

‘Flowers will not bloom in his dream again. For the last time, thousands of them have fallen to the ground.’

Kamal Chakraborty

· Nov 28, 2020 · 01:29 pm

Exiled and distanced from its home, Tibetan writing has long reflected the spirit of the pandemic

‘In many ways, the pandemic has revealed every day aspects of my life that I’d come to see as just my life.’

Kaushik Barua

· Nov 28, 2020 · 11:30 am

Sai Paranjpye interview: ‘I guess I was born with a grin’

The tireless filmmaker has produced an English translation of her autobiography. ‘A Patchwork Quilt’ is exactly as promised.

Nandini Ramnath

· Nov 28, 2020 · 10:02 am

Interview: Vinay Sitapati on Vajpayee, Advani and the success of the Hindu nationalist movement

The author of ‘Jugalbandi: The BJP before Modi’ speaks about the RSS worldview and what it tells us about the party that dominates India today.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Nov 28, 2020 · 09:00 am

A novel about Maradona from Bengal, home to millions of his fans, imagines his life off the field

‘Flowers will not bloom in his dream again. For the last time, thousands of them have fallen to the ground.’

Kamal Chakraborty

· Nov 27, 2020 · 05:30 pm

What led economist Meghnad Desai to Leftist ideology and to the Labour Party in the UK?

An excerpt from ‘Rebellious Lord: An Autobiography’, by the member of the British House of Lords, who has just resigned from the Labour Party.

Meghnad Desai

· Nov 27, 2020 · 08:30 am