Slapdash Sexuality
A thoughtless potboiler of a novel that doesn’t ask moral questions of its characters
14 October 2015
Humanist at Home
Sunjeev Sahota’s Booker-shortlisted novel tells the story of illegal immigrants in Britain
23 September 2015
The Basti and the City
A capacious debut novel provides Karachi with a cast of rough characters
22 July 2015
The Wall Street Yogi
The spiritual trip of an investment banker that’s about escape more than enlightenment
24 June 2015
Peace and the Pachyderm
A modern day tale about the plight of elephants in their battle with humans
18 March 2015
Reporter’s Notebook
A novel set in a fictitious Bengali village fails to realise its ambitions
11 February 2015
Poseidon’s Lovers
A slow-burning novel vivifies the life and loves of young gay men, moving between the Northeast, Delhi and London
07 January 2015
Bleak House
A collection of translated short stories by the late Sunil Gangopadhyay reveals his preoccupation with man’s inhumanity
05 November 2014
Urdu Immortal
A newly translated selection of stories finds irony, poetry and wasted opportunity in the troubled history of the Subcontinent
30 September 2014
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma 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 several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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