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Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal is as much a political satire as it is a paean for rivers

August 14, 2025 11:35 am

Structured in the qissa format, the author's debut novel blends fact and fiction to paint a picture of the current political climate

Bestsellers behind the box office: 5 books that made Bollywood history

June 25, 2025 2:15 pm

Cinema taking inspiration from literature and illustrating through Indian storytelling.

10 lesser-known facts about Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway on its 100th anniversary

July 30, 2025 9:22 pm

From its original title to its surprising literary influences, here are 10 things you might not know about Mrs Dalloway

Vikas Swarup: ‘Books have lost their aura, now just another product’

August 03, 2024 5:49 pm

The former diplomat on his latest novel, The Girl with the Seven Lives, how publishing has changed since Slumdog Millionaire, and how he sifts through fact for his fiction

Achla Bansal’s Rain in Bulandshahr is a tragic friends-to-lovers story

June 22, 2024 8:36 pm

The novel follows the lives of two couples and the battle of wills that begins when their paths cross

Enter Ghost: The revolutionary power of theatre

May 25, 2024 7:36 pm

The novel by British-Palestinian writer Isabella Hammad has made it to the Women’s Prize 2024 shortlist. We speak to critic Jonathan Gil Harris on its themes of art as a means of resistance

Until August review: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's posthumous novel is a testament to his genius

July 24, 2025 2:17 pm

Despite occasional unevenness, Gabo's skill with metaphor, imagery and depictions of love shines

'Knife': Salman Rushdie's memoir about his stabbing to release on April 16

April 04, 2024 4:24 pm

The 76-year-old has recalled in the book the attack's aftermath, his journey toward physical recovery and healing

Why this 25-year-old Assamese novel set in a newly liberalised India continues to endure

June 30, 2023 5:50 pm

Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Anuradha Sarma Pujari’s debut novel ‘Hriday Ek Bigyapan’ became a breakout success, capturing the collective imagination of a generation of Assamese readers.

Damyanti Biswas comes out with second crime novel

April 02, 2023 2:32 pm

Biswas was attending a workshop run by Sri Lanka-born British author Romesh Gunesekera, who was once shortlisted for the Booker Prize, when she started writing this book