The 16th Jaipur Literature Festival brought in A-list speakers and first-class listeners

Examining the big issues of our time, from climate change to mortality to the origins of the universe

An epic time-travelling novel by Salman Rushdie and other mysteries

To own a house is to be owned

Life Ceremony | The Years | The Trees | The Birth Lottery and Other Surprises | The Last White Man

Shehan Karunatilaka is out with a collection of short stories, soon after his Booker win. The Sri Lankan author in conversation with Open

The French author’s book on the city’s poverty also showed the resilience of its people

Few authors are as synonymous with a city as French author Dominique Lapierre was with Kolkata

In conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee, author

George Saunders has a cult status in contemporary fiction. In his new short story collection, the American author explores power and ethics, love and morality. He speaks to Open about creating characters with tenderness

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…