Books
JCB Prize for Literature: Debut Novelists and Translations Shine in 6th Year
Four translations, three debut novels, ten dynamic, original, and trailblazing voices.
Book Excerpt | Aiyar’s pink curiosities very nearly cost him his diplomatic career
Excerpt from Mani Shankar Aiyar’s 'Memoirs of a Maverick'
Book Review | Salim Ali: An unlikely beginning, a great end
It’s the author’s well-founded belief that Salim Ali’s life offers today’s children a role model.
Book Review | Angsty examination of our body of laws through lens of gender
What Waziri lays bare are the inequalities of our gender laws. The insensitivity of our judicial pronouncements.
Book Review | Doughty subaltern teen beats trafficking, shows community new future
There is intrigue, excitement, suspense and action.
Book Review | Secrets & surprises: Oral testimonies of India’s contemporary history
What Chowdhury unfolds is an engrossing narrative of event, turns out to be a political thriller.
Book Review | A family’s quest amid shifting sands of identity
The author has dedicated the book to the rootless, separated, identity-less people, victims of war and Partition.
Book Excerpt | ‘Wouldn’t it be easier to just kill Rahul Mukerjea? Why Sheena?’
Excerpt from 'Unbroken' by Indrani Mukerjea.
Book Review | An English garden opens window to healing
Odd though it may seem, this sadness that you don’t expect to find in a feel-good book is what makes it work so well.
Book Review | Why India forgot Syud Hossain, its first ambassador to Cairo
For those seeking to understand the context of the Khilafat Movement, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, look no further.