Madhavankutty Pillai

Suffocated by the silence surrounding homosexuality, a lesbian activist has started India’s first bookstore devoted to the subject.

Smack in the middle of a workshop on silence, terrified of his own thoughts and haunted by a toothache, the author realised how slippery our grip is on that thing we call the mind.

Fans of Stephanie Meyer’s vampire series will love this one too. The formula is spot on.

A form of venture funding, which uses the profit motive to create social change, is slowly making its presence felt in India.

Hanif Kureishi’s older stories are brilliant, funny and compelling. But the newer ones are a disappointment.

Hanif Kureishi on writing, racism and radical Islam.

Co-publisher John Goldwater wanted an everyday American boy, the opposite of Superman.

The last Polish head of state to die in office, Wladyslaw Sikorski, also died in a plane crash.

Why astrologers and their clients see truth and validity in astrology where none exists.

Extensive tests, including one by India’s most famous astrophysicist, confirm that astrology is a hoax.