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Fiction: A seemingly ideal couple goes on a final date on the day of their divorce
Pinaki Gangopadhyay
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Fiction: Rabiya’s dream of becoming a teacher is shattered when she’s married off to an older man
Tahira Naqvi
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In this old novel by KA Abbas, the hero grapples with colonial rule and the need for a revolution
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
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Fiction: A social media influencer ends up on a dangerous path but finds an unlikely saviour
Divyansh Mundra
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Fiction excerpt: From the 2025 edition of Sunetra Gupta’s 1992 classic ‘Memories of Rain’
Sunetra Gupta
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Keshava Guha’s new novel: Tara and Lila challenge patriarchal Delhi with their ambitions
Keshava Guha
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Fiction: What does Naina do when her father calls her to wipe the blood off her mother’s dead body?
Arunima Tenzin Tara
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Crime fiction: What was thought to be a suicide is actually a murder. Can Meenakshi find the killer?
Ell P
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Fiction: A carpet-maker in Srinagar pursues a transcendental dream – to weave a flying carpet
Shabir Ahmad Mir
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A life coach offers tips on how to create social wealth by forming meaningful relationships
Sahil Bloom
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Hindi fiction: An excerpt from ‘Trimaya’, by Manisha Kulshreshtha
Manisha Kulshreshtha
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Fiction: A couple joins a working-class revolution with disaffected Sikh factory workers in London
Neena Nehru
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A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
Mel Robbins
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Hindi memoir: An excerpt from ‘Chandan Kiwad’, by musician Malini Awasthi
Malini Awasthi
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Fiction: Dev and his friends’s dreams unfold against the backdrop of a rapidly modernising India
Sandeep Khanna
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A management coach suggests that creating your own ‘reality’ can help you succeed
Srikumar Rao
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India has 73 million single women. What is love in their lives like?
Rituparna Chatterjee
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Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
Ramjee Chandran
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Fiction: Sophia struggles with her parents’ break up and the various turmoils in 21st-century India
Alina Gufran
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The close and steadfast friendship between Soumitra Chatterjee and Uttam Kumar
Sanghamitra Chakraborty