Book review
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‘The Hush of the Uncaring Sea’: Upamanyu Chatterjee’s novellas are rooted in both fact and fiction
Saloni Sharma
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‘Dapaan’: Accounts from the valley rewrite the Kashmir narrative with empathy, precision, and fire
Bilal Gani
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‘Gunboy’: A Bombay underworld novel that falls a little short of the depth it demands
Atharva Pandit
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‘The Elsewhereans’ by Jeet Thayil travels through timelines, ingeniously connects places and events
Saloni Sharma
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‘Famous Last Questions’: Memoir-cum-reportage that finally takes the millennial mess seriously
Sayari Debnath
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‘Sucker Punch’: Scaachi Koul’s writings are unable to move beyond the trappings of ‘internet essays’
Diya Isha
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‘Inside the Mirror’: A coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s gets women’s desire for true freedom
Shivani Patel
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‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
Smitha Sehgal
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‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
Shyamasri Maji
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‘The Last Time I Saw You’: A compelling portrait of an artist grappling with the loss of his muse
Yamini Krishnan
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‘Hot Water’: Bhavika Govil’s debut novel movingly constructs a child’s fragile yet resilient world
Sayari Debnath
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‘Stroke of Death’: Murder mystery set in colonial Bengal shines in its portrayal of women’s lives
Sneha Pathak
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‘The Tiger’s Share’: In Keshava Guha’s second novel, a family man does the unthinkable
Diya Isha
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‘Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper’: A thrilling account of a persistent voice of dissent in India
Aakriti Mandhwani
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‘Shattered’: British-Pakistani writer Hanif Kureishi’s memoir is a testament to exemplary courage
Saurabh Sharma
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‘True Story of a Writer, A Philosopher and a Shape-shifter’: Truth is contentious in a ‘true story’
Arifa Banu
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‘These Tongues that Grow Roots’: Poetic stories on memory and quiet resonances of human experience
Kamalakar Bhat
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‘Sita in Exile’: A novel about gender expectations of women in the Ramayana (and the modern world)
Gemini Wahhaj
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‘The Comeback’: Annie Zaidi’s short and sweet novel about second chances
Sayari Debnath
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‘Mouth’: A collection of speculative short fiction that breaks the binary of human and the other
Saloni Sharma