The book in the eye of a storm, The Spy Chronicles has created sharp divisions in the ranks of stakeholders in the subcontinent

The Extra-Terrestrial opened to applause that is yet to subside, Satyajit Ray had submitted to Hollywood’s Columbia Pictures the screenplay of a film about the friendship between a small boy and a benevolent alien.

For over 50 years, Philip Roth consistently wrung out the political from the personal

How the process of appointment of judges to the Supreme Court changed in the Seventies

Bandopadhyay is best known for Pather Panchali, but the story of Shankar Roy Chaudhury, the 20-year-old protagonist who travels to Uganda in search of the unknown has long captivated readers.

A vigorously written, widely-researched and powerful defence of the Enlightenment

Thakazhi, a social realist, believed that the role of a novelist was to capture the sights and sounds of the world around him.

More escapades in the great, big outdoors

Wildlife biologist Rauf Ali takes on animals, bureaucrats, politicians, policemen, villagers, students, forest officers — and everyone he encounters during the course of his work and research, with point-blank frankness.

The outlines of a progressive movement for greater government accountability emerge from the narration of Aruna Roy and the MKSS Collectives in The RTI Story: Power to the People.

The great Greek conqueror Alexander’s soldiers are said to have marvelled, in 326 BC, at Indian cane sugar — “honey without bees”, as they put it. Several Hindustani sayings link the consumption of sugar with auspicious occasions.

The Beatles’s journey through fame, fortune and insecurity to Maharishi’s ashram in Rishikesh

Sight, in the literal and metaphorical sense, is central to KR Meera’s new novel

Arun Shourie’s new book is essential reading to understand the successes and failures of the Indian judiciary, in particular the brilliance and shortcomings of its approach and judgments

The book offers an overview of the various artistic traditions in India, tying it up with corresponding socio-political movements.

Sreelata Menon’s book on Dipa Karmakar seems to be the first baby step in this direction.

A dummies guide to swimming to the distant shores of outer space and setting up shop on stars and planets.

The story of the tandoor case that fired up the nation’s imagination in the mid-90s.

A critical look at why Pakistan’s growth decelerated and what India can learn from it.

In his book Water, written with Gita Wolf, Subhash Vyam looks back at the slow change in his community’s relationship with key natural resources, in particular, water.

A fine freewheeling account of the migrant experience in an industrial city

Insightful accounts of the Rohingya crisis unfolding in Myanmar and its deep resonance across South Asia.

Join Troilokyonoth Mukhopadhyay’s beloved fictional character, Domorudhor, on his flights of fancy and adventure

The mind of an Indian artist who has always called out the wrong notes of a rigid, stratified classical music ecosystem