Anand Teltumbde’s book takes the discourse on caste beyond the confines of identity politics, and into the territory of absolute equality.

A fluid, sprawling novel on the capacity of literature to bring about change that leaves the reader delicately balanced between hope and regret

In his second book, Manu S Pillai explores the Deccan through the many rulers who engaged with it

An analysis of Pakistan’s disastrous Kargil campaign and how it unravelled, yet again, India and Pakistan’s tenuous relationship

The intricate web of caste inequality in India and the story of a Dalit life in all its misery and humiliation, and eventual triumph.

James Crabtree talks about the Indian economy’s crony capitalism and alarming inequalities, and the country’s urgent need for sustainable urbanisation.

James Crabtree argues that India’s living out the same gilded age that America did in the 1800s — where corruption swirls under a shiny surface.

A Shakespeare classic gets a capital makeover in Preti Taneja’s debut novel.

A novel on Dostoevsky’s relationship with his stenographer, Anna Grigoryevna.

Romila Thapar’s new book highlights the need to reconcile culture with nationalism more sensitively.

A reading list for the young ones that will take them on flights of fantasy; introduce them to art and artists, folktales and architectural heritage; and even teach them a thing or two about feminism.

The quaintness of middle-class British experience has come and gone with Hugh Grant. But, novelist Julian Barnes still seems to be stuck in it.

Tabish Khair’s book is a taut navigation of faith and the shrinking space for dialogues in India today.

Two stories by Intizar Husain that trace the times gone by against the backdrop of Partition

A nuanced, critical take of the lndian media landscape from the perspective of an insider

An exhaustive account of PN Haksar, who helped steer Indian diplomacy with then PM Indira Gandhi

A round-up of Indian detective fiction novels this season.

Upamanyu Chatterjee returns with a murder mystery that is both an exploration of food politics and a backstory to his first novel

The US’s relationship with the subcontinent and the crucial role played in it by the intersection of culture, ideology and power

At a time when we are moving away from our local and classical languages, a nuanced translation of a beloved epic

A new spymaster series inspired by true stories of covert foreign operations and perilous liaisons

Asia’s first journalist was also the first champion of press freedom. A fine retelling of the story of James Augustus Hicky attempts, yet again, to rehabilitate the “scurrilous, wild Irishman”

Harinder Sikka chronicles precisely this gripping tale in his espionage drama, Calling Sehmat.

Vignettes of lives lived navigating the urban experience in Bengaluru