Fiction
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For children: When Mahalaxmi can’t go on the class trip to Mysore, Ira knows she has to help
Niyatee Sharma
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‘Days at the Morisaki Bookshop’: An optimistic novel about the life-changing power of books
Aditi Yadav
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Romance fiction: Will two warring journalists bury the ghosts of the past to rekindle their love?
Prajwal Hegde
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
Ajaybir Singh Garkal
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In fiction: The great cloudburst and landslide of September 18, 1880 in Nainital
Namita Gokhale
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‘The Song of Distant Bulbuls’ is a tender ode to love and a woman’s right to decide for herself
Akankshya Abismruta
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‘Tall Tales by a Small Dog’: A mongrel’s observations on small-town India are funny, witty, visceral
Maaz Bin Bilal
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From entrepreneurship chronicler Rashmi Bansal: A new book of (very) short stories
Rashmi Bansal
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Sudeep Nagarkar’s romantic thriller: Nandini has just awoken from a coma. Was it just an accident?
Sudeep Nagarkar
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Fiction: What can a journalist do when her story on tiger conservation takes a dramatic turn?
Gargi Rawat
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‘Assassin’: Using demonetisation as a leitmotif, KR Meera’s novel examines the many flaws of India
Saloni Sharma
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‘The Fraud’: Zadie Smith’s new novel is a dazzling depiction of Victorian colonial England
Leighan M Renaud, The Conversation
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Fiction: Marianne is fixated on her mother’s disappearance and the secrets she thinks her father has
Siân Hughes
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Fiction: What secrets must Mughal painter Mansur confront to ensure his art remains secret and safe?
Vikramajit Ram
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What to read in September: Six new works of fiction usher in the end of summer
Sayari Debnath
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‘The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao’: A clever reimagination of the Ramayana that terrifies and evokes pity
Sayari Debnath
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Three translations from South Asia longlisted for the 2023 ALTA National Translation Awards in Prose
Scroll Staff
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2023 JCB Prize for Literature longlist: Four translations, three debut novels. A reader’s guide
Scroll Staff
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Fiction: Chennai apartment residents lead a happy life – until a developer threatens to take over
Hema Sukumar
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Fiction: Revathi, an engineer, marries Ravi, an auto driver, defying her family. Will she be spared?
Imayam GJV Prasad