Fiction
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A new book uses fiction to examine the ethics and boundaries for teachers with their students
Saikat Majumdar
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A mother and a son have secrets from each other in this novel about Indian origin people in America
Neel Patel
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Annie Zaidi’s new novel weaves the narratives of unnamed people into a disturbing urban tapestry
Gayathri Sankar
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Today’s political reality of deep divisions explodes within a family in Kunal Basu’s new novel
Kunal Basu
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Nagaland is often in the news. Temsula Ao’s short stories talk of its people behind the headlines
Temsula Ao
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‘Qabar’: KR Meera’s novel deftly explores religious polarisation with a feminist sensibility
Saloni Sharma
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Shahidul Zahir’s fiction represents one of the most unique literary voices of Bangladesh
Shahidul Zahir
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This novel is based on the life of Sultan Razziat, the only woman emperor to have ruled from Delhi
Meena Arora Nayak
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This novel tells the story of an Englishman who took over an island near Bombay in August 1947
Godfrey Joseph Pereira
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What happens when three children want to take part in Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement?
Lubaina Bandukwala
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In this novel the characters struggle with personal losses alongside the journey of a nation
Gayathri Sankar
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This novel in the guise of a thriller travels through the darkest roads of marriage and abuse
Meghna Pant
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From NEFA to Arunachal Pradesh: Mamang Dai’s new novel captures a turbulent transition
Mamang Dai
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A new collection of Gujarati short stories in English translation opens up a rich literature
Himanshi Shelat
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‘Karnali Blues’: This novel from Nepal tells a tender story of a father seen through his son’s eyes
Yash Daiv
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This ‘crime thriller’ is in fact an investigation of the pressure on women to adhere to social norms
Isa Ayidh
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‘Adam’: Short stories by S Hareesh, author of the prizewinning ‘Moustache’, in English translation
S Hareesh
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Annie Zaidi’s new novel captures the lives of 12 people living on the edges of Mumbai city
Annie Zaidi
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Five Victorian detective stories to read that are not Sherlock Holmes mysteries
Clare Clarke, The Conversation
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‘Farside’: A sister finds her brother dead. Then the possibility of a murder unravels
Jaishankar Krishnamurthy Krishna Udayasankar