‘Principles of Prediction': Anushka Jasraj's mesmerising debut collection revels in the unknowable

Reality and absurdity blend in this collection of short stories.

Harsimran Gill

· Jan 17, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘Avasthe’: UR Ananthamurthy’s novel interrogates politics for its relationship with love and life

Unfortunately, this English version is more of a novel-sized rendition of the novel than a living, breathing translation.

Vighnesh Hampapura

· Jan 17, 2021 · 12:30 pm

The success of this anthology of 200 years of English essays from India is that it is for everyone

Editor Arvind Krishna Mehrotra demonstrates his belief in the accessibility of prose.

Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury

· Jan 16, 2021 · 08:30 am

‘Black Spartacus’: A biography of the man who may have been the first great anti-colonialist leader

Sudhir Hazareesingh’s book examines the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture, who brought revolution to Haiti and inspired the world.

Dinyar Patel

· Jan 10, 2021 · 08:30 am

This novel from Manipur uses fiction as a vehicle for stories of injustice in the real world

The highlight of Veio Pou’s ‘Waiting for the Dust to Settle’ is Operation Bluebird, the armed mission of 1987 against thirty Naga villages.

Richard Kamei

· Jan 09, 2021 · 08:30 am

What might it have meant to marry Jesus while trying to break free as a woman? Try this novel

Sue Monk Kidd’s ‘The Book of Longings’ brings to life a captivating voice with lessons for socially distanced lovers in a post-pandemic world.

Nair DA

· Jan 03, 2021 · 05:30 pm

In these stories, republished for a new generation, Kamala Das is unforgiving of men

‘Padmavati the Harlot & Other Stories’ was originally published in 1992.

Radhika Oberoi

· Jan 02, 2021 · 05:30 pm

This novel about the myth of Ahalya turns the traditional seduction narrative on its head

Author Koral Dasgupta shifts the focus to another sexual relationship altogether.

Rituparna Roy

· Jan 02, 2021 · 12:30 pm

This memoir reveals the struggle for rights that even affluent women in India have to go through

Renu Gourisaria, a Marwari woman from Kolkata, chronicles her long years spent trying to carve out a space for herself.

Anchita Ghatak

· Dec 20, 2020 · 12:30 pm

This book celebrates the composite culture of India that gave birth to and nurtured the Urdu ghazal

Gopi Chand Narang’s study of the form links it to a flourishing liberal climate in the country.

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· Dec 20, 2020 · 08:30 am

What we have forgotten about the pandemics that killed millions of Indians over 100 years ago

Over half of the 70 million deaths from pandemics between 1817 and 1920 took place in India, points out Chinmay Tumbe in his new book.

Dinyar Patel

· Dec 19, 2020 · 08:30 am

What can notions of dharma and contemporary law tell us about the Ramayana? Two books investigate

While Arshiya Sattar teases out the meaning of ‘maryada’ in her new book, Anil and Vipul Maheshwari look at the Ramayana through the lens of contemporary law.

Urmi Chanda

· Dec 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm