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A queer-themed novel about immigrants, spanning Chennai to San Francisco
A memoir by a fugitive who has committed no crime
A portrait of class dynamics and social change in Delhi
A debut short story collection from Pakistan lays bare power and desire
A tender and true portrait of a Mumbai suburb
The offline and online contours of sex work in Mumbai
Three artists from the subcontinent create online works of intimacy
Two filmmakers focus the camera on the kind and cruel aspects of the lockdown
Delhi stories where the boundaries between pleasure and violence are disturbingly blurred
An anecdotal account of yoga’s journey from an ancient road to enlightenment to a wellness industry
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…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.
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