Alberto Manguel, in fine form at the Jaipur Literature Festival, on why he doesn’t believe in virtual literature or virtual sex—and why you shouldn’t read Paulo Coelho

Anju Dodiya on ‘Imagined Immortals’, her show in Delhi that uses contrast to stunning effect

MG Vassanji goes home again in an elegant memoir

Pakistan’s unlikely Urdu literary star, a former mason, makes his English debut with striking if simple short stories

What not to miss at the eighth edition of the world’s largest free literary party, which begins on Wednesday in Jaipur

Rohan Murty launched his ambitious new venture, The Murty Classical Library of India, a philanthropic initiative in collaboration with Harvard University Press

Raj Kamal Jha’s new novel is set in a city that cannot sleep

A spunky collection of essays takes an acclaimed novelist through India and the world in search of her many homes

1Tamil writer Perumal Murugan has fallen on the point of his pen, following the fate of his own ill-fated characters. What can we do to bring him back?

The writer as one-stop entertainment industry and a motivational icon for neo-literate India