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Thriller: Exhausted with motherhood, Beth receives a mysterious letter with only an infinity symbol
Lizzy Barber
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Fiction: Desertvadi, Rajasthan is a retirees’ paradise, but for Geetika, it’s a claustrophobic trap
Anuradha Marwah
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Why an entrepreneur left his job in the US and started an animal rescue centre in Himachal Pradesh
Robin Singh
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Fiction: Tara escapes a gilded prison and a loveless marriage, seeking a fresh start in Mumbai
Nelofar Currimbhoy
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Crime fiction: An archaeologist’s discovery of a mummy collides with her search for a missing niece
Maha Khan Phillips
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Book excerpt: Asha Bhosle, a star on the stage and off it
Ramya Sarma
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Fiction: Lucy’s infatuation with Susannah escalates, very quickly, to a devastating love
Chloe Michelle Howarth
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Fiction: A young boy is kidnapped just outside Colombo. There are no clues, no demands. What’s next?
Chhimi Tenduf-La
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The inaugural IGF Archer-Amish Award winner: An excerpt from ‘The Way Home’, by Shalini Mullick
Shalini Mullick
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Fiction: A boy ends up in a burns ward. His mother and sister have their versions of what happened
Krupa Ge
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Fiction: Ollie has a strong sense of smell. Her life changes when she moves into her ancestral home
Hemangini Dutt Majumder
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Fiction: Will Sonali forget her bitter marriage and start afresh, or will she be happier on her own?
Shubha Sarma
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Fiction: Should Kosuke sell his father’s shrine or should he take over and continue his legacy?
Radhika Jha
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Fiction: Payal agrees to marry an Ukrainian mafia boss’s son after escaping an attempt on her life
Noor Juman
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‘The sun is a lizard and the earth is an egg’: A new book of fables by Suniti Namjoshi
Suniti Namjoshi
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Fiction: A seemingly ideal couple goes on a final date on the day of their divorce
Pinaki Gangopadhyay
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Fiction: Rabiya’s dream of becoming a teacher is shattered when she’s married off to an older man
Tahira Naqvi
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In this old novel by KA Abbas, the hero grapples with colonial rule and the need for a revolution
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
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Fiction: A social media influencer ends up on a dangerous path but finds an unlikely saviour
Divyansh Mundra
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Fiction excerpt: From the 2025 edition of Sunetra Gupta’s 1992 classic ‘Memories of Rain’
Sunetra Gupta