Former President of the Indian National Congress Sir C Sankaran Nair was one of the builders of modern India. His granddaughter carries forth his legacy in her own private and erudite way

The Malayalam writer Benyamin returns to the Arab Spring for his new novel

An Indian love child and other wild revelations. Former wife Reham Khan shames Imran in her memoir

On the 30th anniversary of the book that launched him, Upamanyu Chatterjee seeks his own revenge by shooing away holy cows with a new novella

Paul Salopek is retracing on foot the route our ancestors took out of Africa. Nandini Nair meets up with the adventurist of slow journalism

From a murderous maid to a ruminating lover

A landmark exhibition highlights India’s connections with the world down the ages

Women writers as city guides

The Amrapali Museum in Jaipur is a rare celebration of Indian jewellery and craftsmanship

The third of her seven-volume memoir is out in English and Taslima Nasrin still remains a rebel with no regrets

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…