books
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Delhi's great Persian scholar has died – and with him, an entire line of learning
William Dalrymple
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Anita Nair and Inspector Gowda are back to haunt the crime alleys of Bangalore
Neha Bhatt
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‘Nobody’s advice is as helpful as your own instinct:' Writer Jim Crace should know
Shweta Taneja
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The things that used to happen at Mumbai parties (and it’s not very different now)
Ajith Pillai
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Swimmer Among the Stars
Scroll Staff
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Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India
Scroll Staff
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Midnight’s Furies
Scroll Staff
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Manto on Ismat, who, like independent India and Pakistan, was born on August 15
Niyati Bhat
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Yasmeen
Scroll Staff
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The Keeper of Memories
Scroll Staff
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The Ivory Throne
Scroll Staff
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Meet Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khanan, who was also the ‘bhakta’ poet Rahim Das
Rakhshanda Jalil
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Writing a blurb for a book? It's as hard as creating your Tinder profile
Manasi Subramaniam
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'I couldn't have written those hard scenes if I'd had a natural child in my life:' Nayomi Munaweera
Smriti Daniel
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‘After a while, their desire to control their son’s body and mind feels creepy’: Aravind Adiga
Jai Arjun Singh
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When Gaya saw love, passion, and near-adultery (also, a bridge) in racy fiction
Anu Kumar
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Five books you must read about people with different minds (there are more of them than you think)
Devapriya Roy
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Ravinder Singh has written this novel that feels right (and that’s a huge surprise)
Devapriya Roy
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Are the Sinhalese people descendants of Bengali and Odiya sea merchants?
Sanjeev Sanyal
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Talking of JNU: Does fiction do a better job than facts?
Avijit Ghosh