Anees Salim first found a licence to fantasise in his hometown of Varkala in Kerala. In his latest novel he returns to the sea with a scathingly funny, achingly sad story

The redemptive power of storytelling sets this novel about religious terrorism apart

This anecdotal biography charts the evolution of India’s first crossover star

A well-told memoir on drug abuse, the saviour and the saved

Mainstream Hindi cinema is slowly moving from a mythical gear to a more novelistic one where the families portrayed are less adarsh and more authentic

This passionate tribute to Smita Patil celebrates the actress’ great instinct and intensity

This 1930s chronicle of a lower middle class youth brings out the genius of novelist and playwright Upendranath Ashk, known as the Proust of Hindi literature

This satire is a baby step towards what will hopefully become a tradition of abrasive, absurdist writing

Chowdhury’s dry humour is on view but his second novel reads like an adjunct to his brilliant first

Two refreshing works of Young Adult fiction point to the promise of this genre