Book Review
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Krishnagopal Mallick’s queer fiction in Bengali matter-of-factly topples the heteronormative order
Rajat Chaudhuri
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‘Soft Animal’: A rare novel about womanhood and the unmaking of a marriage during the lockdown
Sayari Debnath
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‘A Boundless Fear Gripped Me’ brings painful accounts of the marginalised from the Covid-19 lockdown
Anjali Chauhan
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Nilim Kumar’s poetry collection ‘I’m Your Poet’ strains beyond normative habits of the mind
Kamalakar Bhat
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‘The Story of India’s Cheetahs’: How the cheetah went from being hunter to hunted
Yashaswini Chandra
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‘I’m a Fan’: Novel about modern dating and online influencer culture is an uncomfortable, heady read
Sayari Debnath
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‘The Woman who Climbed Trees’ deftly carves out space for women’s emotional and physical subversions
Saloni Sharma
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‘Zen’: A memorable teenage love story set during two crucial political movements in Indian history
Bijal Vachharajani
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‘What Will People Say?’ takes a compelling look at the clash between tradition and forces of change
Veeksha Vagmita
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‘The American Boyfriend’: This mystery about mistaken identities makes for a leisurely vacation read
Sayari Debnath
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‘The Bandit Queens’: This joyous story of women fighting back brings happy endings to its characters
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘Fear and Lovely’: Anjana Appachana’s novel treats mental illness with incisive humour and realism
Veeksha Vagmita
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‘Mother Muse Quintet’: Naveen Kishore’s new book of poetry offers lyrical gratitude to memories
Sayari Debnath
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Shumona Sinha’s ‘Down With the Poor’ is a poetic narration of France’s modern-day refugee crisis
Aishwarya Dani
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‘Homesickness’: This book by an Australian author maps trauma in bold new ways
Marina Deller, The Conversation
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‘Heartland’: A new book explores love in the time of millennials and Generation Z
Elizabeth Reid Boyd, The Conversation
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‘The Candy House’: Jennifer Egan’s new novel opens a window to the America that may come to be
Anthony Macris, The Conversation
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How to make sense of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s first novel in 48 years
David Attwell, The Conversation
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Elif Shafak’s new novel shows us how it’s not just humans who remember the trauma of war and loss
Sneha Krishnan
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Salman Rushdie’s new book ‘Languages Of Truth’ is like Noah’s Ark for art
Chinnadevi Singadi