Fiction
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‘Kama’s Last Sutra’: An archaeologist is sent back in time to 11th century Khajuraho in this novel
Trisha Das
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With just two novels, Sally Rooney is fast becoming the definitive chronicler of millennial love
Neha Bhatt
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This Patna novel is not just about differences and disappointments, it’s a tribute to the ’90s
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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Neelesh Misra’s universe of rural imagination does not travel well from radio to a book
Devapriya Roy
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Myth, fact and fiction blend in this novel based on the murder of Tamil activist Rajani Thiranagama
TD Ramakrishnan
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‘Eating Wasps’: The soul of a writer lingers after her suicide in Anita Nair’s new novel
Anita Nair
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‘Acid’: A hallucinatory novel that overturns traditional ideas of family and motherhood
Apoorva Sripathi
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With his new novel ‘Jasmine Days’, Benyamin once again skilfully presents fiction as fact
Trisha Gupta
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Peshawar-Lahore-London: This novel follows four sisters who have to shake off past family glory
Najma Yusufi
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‘Polite Society’ isn’t just an adaptation of a Jane Austen classic, it sparkles on its own
Harsimran Gill
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If not in history books, here is a chance to read of the maritime king, Rajendra Chola I, in fiction
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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‘Sea Prayer’: Khaled Hosseini’s new book reminds readers of his formula for literary success
M Saad
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This timely novel explores a dystopian Asian future, the result of interference with nature
Rajat Chaudhuri
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Emma in Delhi: Mahesh Rao’s new novel sets Jane Austen’s classic amongst the capital’s swish set
Mahesh Rao
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‘Ummath’: The injustices of the Sri Lankan civil war told unsparingly through three women’s stories
Sharmila Seyyid
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A taste of the delicious flavours that food adds to crime fiction from around the world
Carolina Miranda, The Conversation M Jean Anderson, The Conversation Barbara Pezzotti, The Conversation
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Why we should never give up our quest to find (or write) the Great Indian Novel
Jenny Bhatt
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‘English, August’ is getting a special 30-year edition. But does it still hold up in 2018?
Supriya Nair
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Manzoor Ahtesham’s Hindi novel on the alienated post-partition Muslim in India is playfully truthful
Manzoor Ahtesham
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Why we must read this historical Assamese novel about the travails of displacement and war
Nabina Das