Difficult truths from Bihar concealed within acceptable homilies

Shekhar Pathak’s book on the Chipko movement wins the Kamladevi Chattopadhyay New India Foundation Book Prize. The author in conversation with Open

The adventures of an honest cop in small-town India

Mansi Choksi’s book chronicles the lives of three young couples who chose love over all else. She speaks about what they gained and what they lost

The making of the writer Nirmal Verma

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz’s new book deals with what the right data can tell us about who we are and how we might make our lives better. The economist in conversation with

KR Meera’s latest novel blends mythology and history. The Malayalam author tells Aditya Mani Jha about creating strong women characters and the lure of the Bible

Aanchal Malhotra maps the legacy of Partition through oral histories. The author in conversation with Aditya Mani Jha

Aditya Mani Jha speaks to Vauhini Vara about her debut novel, a blend of the historical and the satirical

SB Divya’s science-fiction novel, set in 2095, pits humans against Artificial Intelligence. The author in conversation with Aditya Mani Jha

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…