Fiction
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Fiction: Ambika thinks teaching is tough, until she meets the unreasonable mothers of her students
Zarreen Khan
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Fiction: A motley crew of strange characters come together in a magic-realist remapping of Calcutta
Nabarun Bhattacharya Rijula Das
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Fiction: Rose meets pop star Milo Jax at a party. The next morning, she can’t remember what happened
Olivia Petter
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Fiction: Professor Nurul Islam’s outspoken views earn the ire of Pakistani fundamentalist preachers
MG Vassanji
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Fiction: The dangerous Goa casinos where the famous and dreamers chase quick fortunes
Anurag Tripathi
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Fiction: Farrukh Dhondy’s new short stories depict growing up in Bombay in a newly independent India
Farrukh Dhondy
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Fiction: Gul, Arth, Luni, Himmo live by the sea. One day, the water throws up a mysterious creature
Sonali Prasad
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Sunday book pick: Shakespeare in Palestine in Isabella Hammad’s ‘Enter Ghost’
Sayari Debnath
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Fiction: Third-generation producer Andy was part of Bollywood elite. Now he’s a walking disaster
Vikram Singh
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In Prayaag Akbar’s new novel, a young man works for a right-wing content studio. Then trouble erupts
Prayaag Akbar
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Hindi fiction: An excerpt from ‘Mokshawan’ by Bhagwandass Morwal
Bhagwandass Morwal
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Fiction: There are three disappearances. They could all be ‘crimes’, but only one ends in murder
Avtar Singh
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Not the NYT list: 100 fine books from around the world (and not just the USA) of the 21st century
The Bookshop Inc, New Delhi
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Sunday book pick: Lin Xinwu’s 1984 novel ‘The Wedding Party’ reveals the true cost of a wedding
Sayari Debnath
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July fiction from around the world: Six recently-published books to read in this new month
Scroll Staff
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Detective fiction: Ambai’s private eye Sudha Gupta is on a mission to uncover Mumbai’s underbelly
Ambai Gita Subramanian
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YA fiction: Here, speakers have to buy words, but things change when Asha and Zeb try graffiti
Payal Kapadia
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The Ramayana retold: Tara’s tumultuous life as she first becomes Bali’s queen and then Sugreeva’s
Koral Dasgupta
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Fiction: At 55, PK is bored, his business is struggling, and his wife wants to go back to India
Reshma Ruia
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Romance fiction: All Nityami Thakur wants is a man to love her loyally. What is the problem then?
Novoneel Chakraborty