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Perumal Murugan. (Image by Arrangement)

Perumal Murugan's Firebird wins JCB Literature Prize!

Firebird is published by Penguin India Hamish Hamilton.

18 Nov 2023 11:12 PM IST

After Messiah By Aakar Patel. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Frothy at first, messy mix of non-fiction and fiction...

Who then will win this battle?

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Conversations with Aurangzeb By Charu Nivedita. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Aurangzeb's riotous commentary of our times

You read it because you're bored and need amusement

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Court on Trial By Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry and William H.J. Hubbard. (Image: DC)

Book Review | Insufficient evidence to call top court a people's forum

Is the Supreme Court a people's court

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Forgotten Foods: Memories and Recipes from Muslim South Asia. (Image: DC)

Book Review | A post-colonial Karachi kitchen's lingering scents and...

Edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley and Tarana Husain Khan

12 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

The JCB Prize for Literature shortlist (Left to right) Tejaswini-Apte-Rahm, Manoj Rupda, Perumal Murugan, Manoranjan Byapari, Vikramjit Ram, V. Ramaswamy, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. (Image by Arrangement)

Three translations, two debuts on JCB shortlist

The winner is set to be announced on November 18.

26 Oct 2023 10:00 PM IST

The Great Indian Cricket Circus. (Image: DC)

Off-the-field gamechangers that defined Indian cricket

Indian cricket of the 1930s was mostly dominated by pace

22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Last Devil to Die. (Image: DC)

Four 80-year-old friends solve cases for a lark

Film rights have been bought by Steven Spielberg

22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

If I Survive You. (Image: DC)

A Jamaican survivor chronicles Americana

People who burn themselves up in pursuit of survival rarely survive anyone or anything

22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Where the Madness Lies. (Image: DC)

Identities that cannot be erased from individuals and communities

Telangana Telugu is the one which is not Sanskritised, and even though it is looked down upon

22 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Book Review | Climate Change is Upon Us All, But Can Seaweed Save the Planet?

Book Review | Climate Change is Upon Us All, But Can Seaweed Save the...

This is in equal measures a book that is intriguing, engaging and infuriating

15 Oct 2023 2:42 AM IST

Book Review | A Wounded Woman Speaks, a Bit too Artlessly

Book Review | A Wounded Woman Speaks, a Bit too Artlessly

In her memoir Kundu employs a poetic monologue to bust the prison of her memories where she had been held hostage for...

15 Oct 2023 2:36 AM IST