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Book review: KR Meera borrows liberally from the mystique of the Dhananjoy hanging in Hangwoman

October 06, 2014 1:21 pm

KR Meera has created one of the most extraordinary protagonists in recent Indian fiction.

Book review: Naseeruddin Shah's autobiography is all about drugs, sex and acting

September 17, 2014 1:16 pm

Naseeruddin Shah’s memoir is a blisteringly honest account of his life and the foibles of the creative community.

Bird in Search of a Cage

July 24, 2015 7:18 pm

Delhi is the bad character in this debut novel about a young woman in the city.

China lite

November 02, 2013 5:50 am

Pankaj Mishra’s account of China’s engagement with its neighbours is geared for a Western audience looking for an Indian viewpoint on the issue,but much of it is pitifully facile.

Difficult Pleasures

November 03, 2012 2:48 am

NW is an impressive formal experiment for Zadie Smith,but less fun than you might expect from her

In good faith

July 07, 2012 12:52 am

God is dead,but the human problems that He was invented to palliate live on — the pain of loss,the ubiquity of violence,the hopelessness of adversity

Ever Greene

April 21, 2012 11:51 pm

Pico Iyer’s new book is a reader’s memoir,a meditation on fathers and sons and a travelogue of the inner world

Bare Minimum City

February 18, 2012 3:36 am

Katherine Boo takes you into the dreams and schemes,the decencies and selfishness of a Mumbai slum

A Garden of Forking Paths

August 27, 2011 3:59 am

Hari Kunzru’s ambitious new novel teems with disparate worlds and stories. But is it greater than the sum of its parts?

The Man in the Spare Room

July 23, 2011 12:07 am

Ali Smith’s novel is an intellectual tour de force of serious playfulness.

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