John Irving Don’t read John Irving’s latest novel, “Queen Esther,” based on hearing it’s a sequel to “Cider House Rules.” ...
After seventy-five years, we continue to recognize the Indian Constitution as a transformative document that has contributed to justice, equality and fraternity. However, given that it remains, ...
At 14, Ashwamit Gautam has already experienced fame and an FIR. ‘If I were older, my situation could have been like Sonam Wangchuk or Umar Khalid.’ ...
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Re-reading K Balagopal

The book is a rare intellectual artefact – a lived testament of a Mathematician turned civil rights activist who became an ...
In his introduction to the text, the translator Raj Kumar notes that many Odia writers from privileged-caste backgrounds— ...
The Gallery Of Upside Down Women’, a poetry book by Arundhathi Subramaniam chronicles complex women through history ...
Arundhati Roy memoir on Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist, Rana Dasgupta explains the new nation-state and more ...
My mother-in-law in Cochin,” Domenica began, “played a lot of bridge. Every afternoon, in fact, except for Sundays. She was a very strong player. She remembered every card that had gone out. She never ...
A powerful short story collection exploring Assam’s history, tea gardens, folklore, feminism, and belonging from the 1850s to ...
Some of the sharpness of his views comes from this feeling of being a misfit in the mainstream. He doesn’t find “cringe”, for ...
In his debut book, journalist Rakshit Sonawane draws inference from his own life to question the Western privileging of ...
The Once and Future RiotJoe Sacco, Jonathan Cape, £20WHEN the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India in 2014, ...