Malayalam author and screenwriter, Unni R uses satire and subtlety to talk about contemporary India. The author in conversation with Nandini Nair

She plumbed the psyche of Indian classical music and dance

Wonder-filled dispatches from the wild

Home as rebellion and respite

The grand old man of Indian theatre

From helping migrant labourers to working against stigmatisation, organisations that made a difference

Ottessa Moshfegh’s new book establishes her prowess at excavating the minds of characters on the margins of society

Megha Majumdar in conversation with Nandini Nair

Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, about a terrorist attack, deals with the big questions of contemporary India with a light hand

‘If you can go to a protest, why can’t you go to a football game, why can’t you go to a political convention?,’ Lawrence Wright tells Nandini Nair

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…