Translation
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‘Vaadivaasal’: In the jallikattu arena, an emotional story of revenge, honour, and legacy
Pranvi Khare
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S Hareesh’s new novel: The kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor refuses to join India after independence
S Hareesh Jayasree Kalathil
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International Booker shortlist: Daniel Kehlmann’s ‘The Director’ novelises the art of propaganda
Sayari Debnath
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International fiction: Sato is a happy boy until his father decides he has to undergo a piety ritual
Eka Kurniawan Annie Tucker
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Short fiction: A young man worries about his mother while fantasising about a billboard model
Dinesh Shrinet Mayank Jain Parichha
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International Booker shortlist: The cost of living as a free woman in ‘She Who Remains’
Sayari Debnath
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Fiction: A young schoolteacher arrives in the parched village of Bangarwadi to teach the children
Vyankatesh Madgulkar Shanta Gokhale
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This biography of Wajid Ali Shah depicts him as a dancer and a master of the performing arts
Kaukub Quder Sajjad Ali Meerza Talat Fatima
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International Booker shortlist: Ghostly men and ghosts of men in ‘On Earth As It Is Beneath’
Sayari Debnath
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‘Light and Thread’ by Han Kang: A necessary counterforce that values silence and the ‘unsaid’
Reeti Roy
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‘The Meiji Guillotine’: An excellent historical crime narrative that blends tradition and modernity
Saptak Choudhury
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Horror fiction: Why a poltergeist’s logic does not answer the troubled mind of humans
Shihabuddin Poyithumkadavu Venugopal Menon
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2026 International Booker Prize: Opening lines from the six shortlisted novels for curious readers
Scroll Staff
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Of translation, transgression, and transcreation: A conversation on knowledge across languages
Doyeeta Majumder Anuj Misra Bill Mak Subha Prasad Sanyal Biju Paul Abraham
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Sunday book pick: An untameable pain in Niege Sinno’s memoir of childhood sexual abuse, ‘Sad Tiger’
Sayari Debnath
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Writer, translator, critic: How Shanta Gokhale’s works have shaped cultural conversations
Nirav Mehta
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‘Love Is Participation in Eternity’: Udayan Vajpeyi’s novel reaffirms faith in good literature
Priyanka Dubey
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Fiction: A chain of bizarre events is set in motion as a funeral procession collides with a scooter
Shyam Manohar Jerry Pinto
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Fiction: Kannamal has lost weight from a lack of food, but her mother-in-law refuses to believe her
Janaki K Srilata
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Sunday book pick: In ‘The Cat’, a newly-married elderly couple takes an abiding vow of hatred
Sayari Debnath