Women are taking back some control by writing and telling their own stories. But let us not trivialise the struggle either

The aesthetics of the austere

Looking at the many moods of the Dalai Lama with Raghu Rai

Mohammed Hanif’s new novel takes flight when a plane crashes. The author tells Nandini Nair why death is the only lover who does not betray her promise

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