Often described as one of the finest writers of the 21st century, she is the first woman and only the fourth person to win two Booker prizes

Acts of resistance and resilience by five generations of women artists

Jerry Pinto’s new novel is about urban adolescence in the eighties. He speaks to Open about the humiliations of college and the joys of language

Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s new book chronicles a young woman’s attempts to understand home and belonging. The author in conversation with Open

Mohsin Hamid’s new book upends the idea of racial categories. He speaks about why his novels are love stories

Navtej Sarna’s new novel recounts the horrors of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The author and diplomat speaks to Nandini Nair about writing the history of Punjab and the freedom struggle through fiction

A new museum, spread over eight acres, and with eight galleries, on the outskirts of Pune democratises art and art viewership

‘There is an urgency and commitment in the voices of the poets in this book.’ A conversation between poets Jeet Thayil and Ranjit Hoskote about an anthology of modern Indian poetry edited by the former

For Generation Z, the last two years have forced a shift in perspectives and priorities. A chronicle of how college students survived the pandemic

This year’s India Art Fair allows South Asian artists to enjoy the well-deserved limelight

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…