Fiction
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‘The Last Queen’: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel resurrects the history of Jindan Kaur of Punjab
Huzan Tata
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When fiction can show us the arc of the Indian politician’s progress in a way that facts cannot
Devesh Verma
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This novel self-reflexively explores how a Kashmiri Pandit crafts the narrative of his life and loss
Trisha Gupta
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In this detective novel, the investigator suspects herself of being the murderer
Kalpana Swaminathan
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Hercule Poirot, still the world’s most loved detective, turns 100
Christopher Pittard, The Conversation
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new novel re-imagines Maharani Jind Kaur, scourge of the British
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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How an obscure 1909 novella predicted the use of a Zoom-like global machine for video communication
Dan Taylor, The Conversation
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‘Hamnet’: When Anne Hathaway and her husband, the future playwright of ‘Hamlet’, lose their son
Radhika Oberoi
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‘Murder at the Mushaira’: A poet is murdered, and the detective chasing the killer is Mirza Ghalib
Raza Mir
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‘Principles of Prediction': Anushka Jasraj's mesmerising debut collection revels in the unknowable
Harsimran Gill
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This novel from Manipur uses fiction as a vehicle for stories of injustice in the real world
Richard Kamei
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‘The Bar’: This story by Paul Zacharia is part of the ‘Out of Print’ anthology now out in print
Paul Zacharia
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A Bhojpuri classic of unrequited love between a tawaif and a poet comes to English language readers
Pandey Kapil
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What might it have meant to marry Jesus while trying to break free as a woman? Try this novel
Nair DA
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This novel about the myth of Ahalya turns the traditional seduction narrative on its head
Rituparna Roy
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Salma’s novel presents the lives of women in a Muslim village in Tamil Nadu dreaming of freedom
Salma
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Fiction can tell the real truth about mothers and daughters – and what lies between them
Urvashi Bahuguna
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‘The Masks Before The Pandemic’: Manu Bhattathari’s short story peels off layers of inscrutability
Manu Bhattathiri
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UR Ananthamurthy’s seminal political novel ‘Avasthe’ is out in English translation at the right time
UR Ananthamurthy
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‘Lady Susan’: Novelist Shashi Deshpande on Jane Austen’s novel of the femme fatale (and her oeuvre)
Shashi Deshpande