Books and Literature

Sheena Kalayil’s novel gives voice to ‘The Others’ of German reunification

Was Ashoka India’s lost future

From Usain Bolt to Sushil Kumar, new book reveals the secret of athletes’ success

‘Without diversity of ideas, what kind of democracy is it?’: LeftWord on publishing Joe Sacco’s novel on Muzaffarnagar riots

The tragic fall of Chapal Rani, the man who became Bengal’s most adored Queen

Baillie Gifford Prize: 5 non-fiction books to add to your TBR

What is Jared Diamond’s Hamlet Test for leaders and does it work

For Whose Dear Sake Our Fathers Died: Priya Hajela on the trauma, contradictions of colonial history

Drown All the Refugees: Tabish Khair’s gothic novel asks if sympathy is enough

New books: Two compelling debuts and one cup of reheated comfort

Who was Robin Morgan, the firebrand feminist who accused Ted Hughes of Sylvia Plath’s ‘murder’Subscriber Only

Eric Hobsbawn: The historian who defended communism, misread India and avoided the HolocaustSubscriber Only

From Playboy Bunny to feminist icon: Gloria Steinem in 5 booksSubscriber Only

India has world-class writers you’ve not read. Can ‘Hyphen’ change that?Subscriber Only

Poetry sales are booming, so why do we keep calling it dead? Tishani Doshi explainsSubscriber Only

The feminist lessons Gloria Steinem carried from India to AmericaSubscriber Only

The Infinite Monkey problem: what AI means for the future of the bookSubscriber Only

Robert Harris’s Agrippa: A fascinating but not gripping readSubscriber Only

Jeena isi ka naam hai: Why Shailendra is the self-help poet you needSubscriber Only

Harishankar Parsai: The satirist who chose duty over loveSubscriber Only

Trump 2.0 book details his tantrums, obsessions and condescending takes on IndiaSubscriber Only

If you are a history buff, this book is unsettling and that’s the pointSubscriber Only

Are literary translators redundant in an age of AI? Rita Kothari, Arunava Sinha answerSubscriber Only

Raksha Bandhan reading list: 6 books on siblings and ties that bind and chafe