MG Vassanji’s new novel inspired by true events describes a physicist’s downfall

Displacement and humanity told through the eyes of a Malayali nurse

A young woman caught between time and place

In his memoir actor and director MK Raina recounts using theatre to heal

Perumal Murugan’s novel wins the JCB Prize for its depiction of displacement and movement

Balli Kaur Jaswal explores the complex web of relations between the country’s elite and its domestic help in her new novel

Swapna Liddle portrays a Delhi where histories overlap

When art bridges the gap between humans and nature

Two women struggle for survival in a Himalayan ghost village

Sheela Tomy’s novel tells the stories of the land and its people. She speaks to Open about bringing the Western Ghats alive in fiction