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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 Other Sister’: An unconventional, brave novel about the unbearable emptiness of virtual living
Mandira Nayar
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Fiction: It’s 1941, the world is at war, and Calcutta witnesses the moments before disasters strike
Ruchir Joshi
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Eighteen years after Amitabha Bagchi’s ‘Above Average’: Arindam Chatterjee revisits his past
Amitabha Bagchi
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Banaras Lit Fest 2025 Book Awards announces longlists in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation
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Fiction: Sparks fly between middle-aged Nandini and Vikas as a series of mishaps bring them closer
Madhulika Liddle
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Horror fiction: A locked room beckons Shalini, something haunts the mansion corridors at night
Himanjali Sankar
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‘The Grudges of Gajanan Godbole’: A crass protagonist, messy plot, and no clear convictions
Debasmita Bhowmik
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Kerala Literature Festival Book of the Year Awards announces 2024 fiction and nonfiction longlists
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Short stories about Mumbai: A woman is outraged when she sees a stark-naked sadhu on Marine Drive
Murzban F Shroff
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Jumpstart January: Six new works of fiction to start a new year of reading
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‘Missy’: Raghav Rao writes convincingly about the pushes and pulls of our closest relationships
Shubhangi Tiwari
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In Ranbir Sidhu’s new novel about Delhi’s underbelly, everyone is one shade of grey or another
Ranbir Sidhu
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‘One and Three Quarters’: A survival tale of a village boy told with wit, irony and a touch of magic
Pranvi Khare
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The ten best international novels of 2024 – according to literary experts
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Short fiction: An elderly woman celebrates a strange Christmas after a health scare
Bulbul Sharma
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Translated fiction: Gyan Chaturvedi’s novel about the free-market economy and excessive consumerism
Gyan Chaturvedi Punarvasu Joshi
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Sunday book pick: Sexual escapism and familial expectations lock horns in ‘The Children’s Bach’
Sayari Debnath
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‘Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat’: A comfort read that reminds us of the value of human connections
Aditi Yadav
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Translated fiction: A family grapples with the tension between its Jewish faith and Indian identity
Sheela Rohekar Madhu Singh