The homespun aesthetic of A Ramachandran

Paresh Maity’s watercolours and sculptures tell of the fragile beauty of natural ecosystems

Stories of six pioneering women

Tishani Doshi’s poems slice through recent political and social events

The passions and poetry of Agha Shahid Ali

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi writes a succinct meditation on old age and death and the doors it opens for those left behind

Diksha Basu’s new novel is irreverent and glamorous. She tells Urvashi Bahuguna there is more to literature than tortured stories

Amit Majmudar’s tragicomic novel of friendship between a Hindu and a Muslim, during the First World War, shows a way to reconciliation and healing. The author in conversation with Urvashi Bahuguna

Akhil Katyal tells Urvashi Bahuguna how he finds Delhi crazily unequal and maddeningly beautiful

Emily Hennessey brings together myths from across the world to spin a compelling yarn

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…