Memoir: How a ‘British bootlicker’ became involved with Gandhian thought and Indian politics

Excerpts from renowned economist Devaki Jain’s autobiography about life in colonial India.

Devaki Jain

· 3 hours ago

Udayan Mukherjee’s new book is a collection of short stories set in the time of the pandemic

An excerpt from ‘Essential Items: And Other Tales From A Land In Lockdown’.

Udayan Mukherjee

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

What led Delhi’s Bahrisons to open a new bookshop in the capital during the pandemic?

The new bookstore even managed to launch a new novel within days of inauguration.

Rajni Bahri Malhotra

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Anuj Bahri Malhotra

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

‘Piranesi’: Susanna Clarke’s long-awaited second novel is worth the long wait. And it includes magic

On the surface, Clarke's second novel has nothing to do with ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell’, but the novels share a secret heart.

Shreya Ila Anasuya

· Oct 18, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Even in China’s newfound environmentism, there is a streak of authoritarianism

A newly published book by scholars Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro provides a cautionary take on the consequences of Beijing’s coercive green push.

China Dialogue

· Oct 18, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Data analytics and targeted political messages began over 40 years before Facebook, shows this book

Jill Lepore’s ‘If Then’ excavates the story of Simulmatics Corporation, the forerunner of today’s online companies mining personal information.

Nair DA

· Oct 18, 2020 · 12:30 pm

‘Plague Ki Chudail’: This bittersweet short story from 1902 explores grief, fear and mortality

A short story by ‘Master’ Bhagwan Das, translated from the Hindi by Priyanka Sarkar.

Master Bhagwan Das

· Oct 18, 2020 · 08:30 am

Comradeship in love distinguishes this novel of rebuilding refugee lives after the Bengal Partition

Bhaswati Ghosh’s debut novel ‘Victory Colony 1950’ also offers that rare thing: happiness for its characters.

Rituparna Roy

· Oct 17, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Avni Doshi: ‘I’ve never been confident of my writing. Maybe confidence and art don’t go together.’

An interview with the author of the Booker Prize shortlisted ‘Burnt Sugar’ / ‘Girl in White Cotton’.

Naheed Patel

· Oct 17, 2020 · 12:30 pm

‘We’re hoping we can have some version of a physical festival’: Sanjoy Roy on Jaipur Lit Fest 2021

An exclusive interview with Teamwork’s Sanjoy Roy, who organises the global chain of JLF events.

Arunava Sinha

· Oct 17, 2020 · 08:30 am

Economists have a lot more in common with literature, especially novels, than hard science

Economic theory fundamentally relies on our understanding of fiction.

Carolin Benack, The Conversation

· Oct 16, 2020 · 05:30 pm

From books on the metro to books in the courier, this book-sharing service has reinvented itself

How Books on the Delhi Metro responded to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Shruti Sharma

· Oct 16, 2020 · 08:30 am