As South Asia becomes a centre of geopolitics today, this book examines America’s historical role

Srinath Raghavan’s ‘The Most Dangerous Place’ could not be timelier.

Francis P Sempa

· Oct 17, 2018 · 08:30 am

What was it like to grow up in Rajneesh communes? Tim Guest’s book tells a poignant story

An aching sense of isolation marks this memoir.

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Oct 14, 2018 · 08:30 am

‘Pyjamas Are Forgiving’: Twinkle Khanna’s debut novel is funniest in its female company

The novel stalls with its male characters but pushes the boundaries of what is allowed in accessible literature.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Oct 13, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Anita Nair’s ‘Eating Wasps’ is a strangely calming reminder of the complex lives of women

Never willing to write just one kind of novel, Nair returns with a story featuring women in a satisfying and beautiful way.

Suhasini Patni

· Oct 13, 2018 · 08:30 am

A brave and innovative attempt to chronicle the life of Empress Nur Jahan is marred by conjecture

Ruby Lal’s biography of Jahangir’s wife, who ruled the Mughal Empire in her husband’s absence, goes beyond academic studies.

Ruchika Sharma

· Oct 13, 2018 · 07:00 am

Kirsty Gunn’s new novel is a clever tale of unrequited love in these diminished times

Although ‘Caroline’s Bikini’ can sometimes read like a scholarly inside joke.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Oct 07, 2018 · 12:30 pm

This children’s book starring a dragon doesn’t shy away from showing the inequalities of India

Hansda Sowendra Shekhar’s ‘Jwala Kumar and the Gift of Fire’ is far from being the usual fantasy for children.

Maaz Bin Bilal

· Oct 07, 2018 · 08:30 am

JK Rowling aka Robert Galbraith’s latest Strike novel is her most relevant book for adults yet

While ‘Lethal White’, the latest in Rowling’s detective series, has distinctly Potteresque touches, it is the richest of the four Strike novels.

Neha Bhatt

· Oct 06, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Saif Mahmood’s book shows us we cannot know Delhi today until we knows its poets from yesterday

‘Beloved Delhi’ talks to the present with poetry from the past.

Anand V Taneja

· Oct 06, 2018 · 12:30 pm

‘Red Birds’: Mohammed Hanif’s most sorrowful novel is swallowed up by its grief

The writer’s third novel, told by multiple first-person narrators, is set in an unnamed, war-torn Muslim country.

Supriya Nair

· Oct 06, 2018 · 08:30 am

Haruki Murakami’s new novel lies between alternate worlds, with no clear answers, as usual

‘Killing Commendatore’: The Japanese master of the modern novel is back with a big story on his usual themes, and that’s the best thing to be said about it.

Ranjit Mankeshwar

· Oct 06, 2018 · 07:00 am

This poetry anthology reveals (again) why India must reclaim its own literary tradition of desire

‘Love And The Turning Seasons’ may have been meant for a Western audience, but it gives readers from India the chance to discover something too.

Sayali Palekar

· Sep 30, 2018 · 12:30 pm