M Mukundan’s award-winning biography of a city reveals Delhi’s underbelly with compassion. The author tells Antara Raghavan why a river of sorrow runs beneath his stories

Alita Chandra’s abstract art reflects both memories and music. The artist in conversation with Antara Raghavan

With her 20th book, Namita Gokhale does what she does best—write about lives like ours

Amitava Kumar’s latest novel challenges fake news and the form of the novel. The author in conversation with Antara Raghavan

The British Council in India is organising a yearlong programme for India-UK cultural collaboration

Septuagenarian Todo Paintal’s debut solo tells of a life richly lived

Indian museums respond to changing narratives and exacting visitor demands

The political adds a darker edge to Anindita Ghose’s first novel

Tahmima Anam’s new novel moves away from her Bangladesh trilogy. She speaks to Antara Raghavan about chronicling the seductions and perils of the startup world

Anjali Joseph’s new novel explores the nature of long-distance relationships and the long-lasting links between people and places

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…