books
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'It isn’t autobiography, but it's a daughter’s book in every way': Madeleine Thien
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose
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Why the Uttara Kanda changes the way the Ramayana should be read
Arshia Sattar
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How to get a Bangalore PhD: Precious Hours of Dining (and Drinking)
TJS George
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When Britain claimed India would be independent without any intention of allowing it
Walter Reid
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American writer Paul Beatty brings back slavery and segregation to win the £50,000 Man Booker Prize
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose
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In a shock move, HarperCollins India publisher Karthika VK quits after ten years in the job
Arunava Sinha
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'Are you happy we're married?' What do you do when war is the reason you have to marry a stranger?
Anuk Arudpragasam
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First read: The story of the boxer who had to win more bouts outside the ring than in it
Moti Nandy
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Time to lift the ban on what Nehru’s aide wrote about him and his contemporaries?
Satyavrat KK
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The strange case of Taslima Nasrin and authors who spearheaded the ban of her autobiography
Taslima Nasrin
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A ghazal that Ghalib did not write for Ambedkar (but could have)
S Anand
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Why we need a new, truly global, prize for world literature
Mahmud Rahman
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Five declassified secrets reveal India’s moves with global superpowers during the Cold War
Vivek Prahladan
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Sorry, people, but it was for poetry and not lyrics that Tagore won the Nobel
Anuradha Sharma
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‘This book is a companion for those who have chosen to be single instead of unhappily partnered’
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Are you a young Indian woman born in the USA? These are your stories
Anu Kumar
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An unusual five: The reader’s guide to the Hindu Prize shortlist
Devapriya Roy
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What living below the poverty line taught an investment banker and an MIT grad
Harsh Mander
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This is how a bestselling book is made in India today
Kanishka Gupta
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Yes, Bob Dylan is a great poet. But does he want to be a writer?
Anjum Katyal