Premchand’s granddaughter examines fame and family

An intimate portrait of Ambedkar

A wheelchair-bound prisoner’s appeal to the state and to humanity

A satirical play uses fantasy to tell of today’s faultlines

The personal and political journey of a Muslim woman through India’s freedom struggle and beyond

Imagining a feminist future for one’s child

A personal history of Islam in India

The unconventional journey of a liberated Muslim woman in the early 20th century

An autobiography of lived freedoms

Isher Judge Ahluwalia’s memoir chronicles a life less ordinary

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…