A thoughtless potboiler of a novel that doesn’t ask moral questions of its characters
14 October 2015Sunjeev Sahota’s Booker-shortlisted novel tells the story of illegal immigrants in Britain
23 September 2015A capacious debut novel provides Karachi with a cast of rough characters
22 July 2015The spiritual trip of an investment banker that’s about escape more than enlightenment
24 June 2015A modern day tale about the plight of elephants in their battle with humans
18 March 2015A novel set in a fictitious Bengali village fails to realise its ambitions
11 February 2015A slow-burning novel vivifies the life and loves of young gay men, moving between the Northeast, Delhi and London
07 January 2015A collection of translated short stories by the late Sunil Gangopadhyay reveals his preoccupation with man’s inhumanity
05 November 2014A newly translated selection of stories finds irony, poetry and wasted opportunity in the troubled history of the Subcontinent
30 September 2014Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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