Fiction
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This story shows why Ruskin Bond’s supernatural fiction is some of his finest writing
Ruskin Bond
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This anthology of Tamil stories lay out the rich possibilities of modern fiction in an old language
Yashasvi Arunkumar
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‘Homebound’ is non-fiction masquerading as a novel about a migrant family’s plight during Covid-19
Yash Daiv
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Bangladesh at 50: This anthology offers a selection of stories written in both English and Bengali
Sohana Manzoor
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‘Qabar’: KR Meera’s magic realist fictional riff on the Babri Masjid case is now in English
KR Meera
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In this entirely fictitious novel, a 29-year-old woman becomes the prime minister of India
Seema Goswami
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The Grand Anicut shows historical novels need not be slowed down by immaculate research
Veena Narayan
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This book of stories from Nagaland plays out personal histories during intense political turmoil
Shuktara Lal
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‘Do Not Go to the Jungle’ is a collection of ‘socio-horror’ short stories, both macabre and tender
Shihabuddin Poithumkadavu
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‘Dakhma’ combines Mumbai, the tower of silence, and an apartment building into an eerie novel
K Hari Kumar
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‘Lal Salaam’: Smriti Irani’s novel is based on the killing of 76 CRPF men by Maoists in Dantewada
Smriti Zubin Irani
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‘Human nature doesn’t change’: Madhulika Liddle on the challenges of writing historical fiction
Abdullah Khan
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This story by Tamil master Subramania Bharati features in a new anthology of Tamil short fiction
Subramania Bharati
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How TV scriptwriter Sanjeev Paliwal has revived Hindi crime fiction with ‘Naina’ and ‘Pishach’
Maneesha Taneja
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Zain Saeed’s debut novel asks if the American brand of freedom can mean release for some Pakistanis
Isa Ayidh
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‘A Time Outside This Time’ asks uncomfortable questions of responsibility and complicity
Saloni Sharma
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This 2021 translation of a 1939 novel asks whether revenge is a form of nationalism
Saurabh Sharma
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‘The Odd Book of Baby Names’: A haunting sense of loss runs beneath the bleak comedy of this novel
Saloni Sharma
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‘Name Place Animal Thing’ is a meandering collection of stories set in Shillong, not exactly a novel
Chitra Ahanthem
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This novel travels with a student walking home with her family from Mumbai during the pandemic
Puja Changoiwala