A gay Afghan’s search for his identity turns intensely political in this novel

Gokul S Prabhu

· Jun 29, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Drawing the line: This book of animal stories charms with its words as well as its illustrations

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

· Jun 29, 2019 · 08:30 am

What is special about this novel of gay love? That it is set in Afghanistan, where this is a crime

Nemat Sadat

· Jun 27, 2019 · 07:30 am

In ‘Babu Bangladesh!’, South Asian literature gets a wildly imaginative novel that defies genres

Numair Atif Choudhury

· Jun 26, 2019 · 05:30 pm

What can happen when old friends and lovers from college reunite two decades later? Ask this novel

Devapriya Roy

· Jun 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Tequila Leila is dead, but she keeps thinking. Elif Shafak’s new novel begins with this strangeness

Elif Shafak

· Jun 20, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘I am the most beautiful democratic relationship’: Ravinder Singh’s new novel celebrates friendship

Ravinder Singh

· Jun 11, 2019 · 05:30 pm

These short stories explore the diversities of different feminisms, with the hijab as a symbol

Suhasini Patni

· Jun 09, 2019 · 08:30 am

Reading this epic novel is an immersive way of learning the history of Tibet

Rohan Parikh

· Jun 09, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘Afternoon Raag’ reminds us Amit Chaudhuri wrote ‘autofiction’ 25 years before it became a trend

James Wood

· Jun 08, 2019 · 07:30 am

How have animals marked Indian literature? Here is an anthology of stories that seeks answers

Sumana Roy

· Jun 06, 2019 · 08:30 am

An un-Kshatriya-like Siddhartha is in love with Yashodhara. Will her father allow the marriage?

Volga

· Jun 05, 2019 · 05:30 pm

The trauma of being forced to learn English is played out painfully in this small town classroom

Neelesh Raghuwanshi

· Jun 03, 2019 · 07:30 am

Paul Zacharia’s novel is a heady cocktail of religion, politics, and ideas stirred into a mystery

Gokul S Prabhu

· Jun 01, 2019 · 08:30 am

With ‘The Atlas of Reds and Blues’, Devi S Laskar turns the Indian immigrant novel on its head

Suhasini Patni

· Jun 01, 2019 · 07:30 am

A boy kills a family foe and is on the run with his father in this novel set in rural Tamil Nadu

Poomani

· May 27, 2019 · 08:30 am

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s story cannot be told in an unconvincing, furious account of a violent life

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· May 26, 2019 · 08:30 am

This novel about women fighting the demolition of their slum is a story of friendship and resilience

Urvashi Bahuguna

· May 25, 2019 · 10:30 am

Perveen Mistry returns: A new novel takes the 1920s crime-solving lawyer to the kingdom of Satapur

Sujata Massey

· May 21, 2019 · 08:30 am

The firepower of feminist fantasies is on full view in this anthology featuring ‘magical women’

Jai Arjun Singh

· May 19, 2019 · 07:30 am