Fiction
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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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On Franz Kafka’s 99th death anniversary, a parable from his parable, ‘Before the Law’
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
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‘A Man from Motihari’: This novel about a writer charts Muslim lives during far right politics
Saloni Sharma
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Fiction: A young boy tries hard to hold his family together as his parents’ marriage disintegrates
Saras Manickam
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Who was Siddhartha before he became the Buddha? A new novel imagines the answers
Advait Kottary
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Crime fiction: A detective’s holiday is cut short when strange bloody handprints appear on the walls
RV Raman
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For young readers: A new book of short stories stars the beloved comic character Little Shambhu
Reena Ittyerah Puri
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Historical fiction: Can Begum Hazrat Mahal’s rebel army fight the British and secure Awadh’s future?
Malathi Ramachandran
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Fiction: How a Muslim man from Motihari deals with everyday life as right-wing extremism rises
Abdullah Khan
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Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the enduring devastation of the opioid crisis
William Nash, The Conversation
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‘The Glass Pearls’: This novel by a Jewish writer is about a Nazi fearing the net closing in on him
Jai Arjun Singh
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How Indian book creators are finally making children’s books representative and inclusive
Rati Girish
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‘The American Boyfriend’: This mystery about mistaken identities makes for a leisurely vacation read
Sayari Debnath
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‘Human artists should create art that has only sparsely existed before’: Writer Karan Madhok
Saurabh Sharma
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Inaugural Rainbow Awards to honour queer literature and journalism
Scroll Staff
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This book tells the story of the Tamil queen who led an army of women against the East India Company
Shubendra
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Corazon, Angel, Donita live in Singapore as domestic workers. And their labour must remain unseen
Balli Kaur Jaswal
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Children’s fiction: Cordelia’s father is lost at sea, now she must find him
Tamzin Merchant
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A new novel connects India’s 19th and 20th centuries to its distant past and its apocalyptic future
Siddhartha Deb
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‘The Bandit Queens’: This joyous story of women fighting back brings happy endings to its characters
Shubhangi Tiwari