This clever period novel about a Parsi boy born without a future (almost) wins you over

Sayali Palekar

· Aug 06, 2017 · 08:30 am

Like its title, and life, nothing in Kiran Nagarkar’s rich ‘Seven Sixes are Forty-Three’ adds up

Simrin Sirur

· Aug 05, 2017 · 08:30 am

Why everyone should read more of Malayalam writer Rajelakshmy’s groundbreaking fiction

Nikhil Govind

· Jul 30, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Two families wrestle with their opposing Muslim identities in Kamila Shamsie’s ‘Home Fire’

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jul 30, 2017 · 07:00 am

Ravi Subramanian on his new thriller set in a temple: ‘Even I didn’t know who the killer was’

Amrita Tripathi

· Jul 29, 2017 · 06:30 pm

This literary novel is masquerading as a supernatural thriller (which makes for a thrilling read)

SV Sujatha

· Jul 28, 2017 · 08:30 am

What Alexandre Dumas can teach us (seven times over) about being a bestselling author

Jash Sen

· Jul 24, 2017 · 08:30 am

Shambala Junction

Scroll Staff

· Jul 18, 2017 · 06:38 pm

With these short stories, Akhil Sharma adds funny and gentle variations to a familiar theme

Jai Arjun Singh

· Jul 15, 2017 · 07:00 am

Why ‘Exodus’, Leon Uris’s epic novel of Israel, is not what the country has turned out to be

Mohan Guruswamy

· Jul 12, 2017 · 08:30 am

As she turns 50, Jhumpa Lahiri is bravely embarking on a second literary life

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jul 11, 2017 · 08:30 am

Fiction from real life: A military despatch from Kashmir

Sanjay Bahadur

· Jul 10, 2017 · 05:33 pm

And the winners of 2017 Katha fiction contest are...

Scroll Staff

· Jul 10, 2017 · 11:47 am

This debut novel tells an unusual love story of outcasts in Lahore, spun with sensitivity and rage

Shireen Quadri

· Jul 09, 2017 · 05:30 pm

A future where the US dollar is melting down deserves a better novel than Lionel Shriver’s new book

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jul 09, 2017 · 03:30 pm

‘Mrs C Remembers’ investigates the politics of Indian families, where loss of memory becomes a tool

Simrin Sirur

· Jul 09, 2017 · 07:00 am

Can a start-up strategy sell a book more successfully than a big publisher can?

Kanishka Gupta

· Jul 08, 2017 · 06:30 pm

First read: Why Shiva turned to writing fiction in his ancient temple in Madras

K Srilata

· Jul 07, 2017 · 08:30 am

First read: This passage shows why Neel Mukherjee’s ‘A State of Freedom’ takes a knife to your gut

Neel Mukherjee

· Jul 06, 2017 · 08:30 am

Why Mr Chopra of Gurgaon has an inferiority complex despite his wealth

Diksha Basu

· Jul 05, 2017 · 08:30 am