‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First’: This debut tries to do too many things for a focused novel

Sahana Hegde

· Apr 11, 2021 · 05:30 pm

This debut novel reminds us how much of literature is about love troubled by political conflict

Karuna Ezara Parikh

· Sep 21, 2020 · 08:30 am

A love triangle between an editor, a blogger and an author? This novel goes where publishers do not

Neharika Gupta

· Oct 16, 2019 · 05:30 pm

An outspoken young woman in a feisty job interview sets the tone in Durjoy Datta’s new novel

Durjoy Datta

· Oct 05, 2019 · 08:30 am

Classical notes and hard rock jam together in this Kolkata romance built around music

Nandita Bose

· Jul 19, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Why is Sally Rooney’s prizewinning second novel ‘Normal People’ on everyone’s to-be-read list?

Nishant Kauntia

· Jul 13, 2019 · 05:30 pm

What can happen when old friends and lovers from college reunite two decades later? Ask this novel

Devapriya Roy

· Jun 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm

This is how the new novel by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ author EL James begins. (Fans will be pleased.)

EL James

· May 15, 2019 · 08:30 am

Sophie Kinsella’s new novel shows all that is right (and all that is wrong) with modern chick lit

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

· Mar 02, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘Milk Teeth’ relives the romance of Bombay, but also exposes the hypocrisy of its people

Sushmita Sundaram

· Dec 01, 2018 · 08:30 am

John Green is back and, naturally, YA readers will find their hearts jumping again

Niyati Bhat

· Oct 15, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Can a formula romance in the Raj era have anything to do with colonialism or Bollywood (or both)?

Sayali Palekar

· Sep 03, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Anuja Chauhan’s new romance will raise heartbeats for more than one reason (there’s a war thrown in)

Devapriya Roy

· May 01, 2017 · 08:30 am

Will this novel be a bestseller, as its author and publishers hope? This will help you decide

Ira Trivedi

· Dec 11, 2016 · 07:45 am

When voyeurism and gender fluidity make fiction stronger than truth about modern relationships

Tharun James Jimani

· Sep 09, 2016 · 08:30 am