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‘I’m more interested in what remains when the story is done’

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Arundhathi Subramaniam’s recent collection of poems revisits childhood, friendships and ageing

Love Without A Story
Love Without A Story
Arundhathi Subramaniam
On the Run /
On the Run
Poomani’s novel Heat
On the Run
Rajni George

A classic tale of oppression provides a visceral understanding of caste violence

The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali /
The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
Uzma Aslam Khan
The Act of Remembering
Praveena Shivram

Lost stories of the Andaman Islands as historical fiction

City of Girls /
City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert
New York Minutes
Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

Even with its racy plot and charming characters, Elizabeth Gilbert’s new novel leaves one cold

Days of My China Dragon /
Days of My China Dragon
Chandrahas Choudhury
Mumbai Mouthful
Poorna Swami

Meditative portraits of a small business in a big city

Everything in its Place: First Loves and Last Tales /
Everything in its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
Oliver Sacks
Scientist as Storyteller
Rajni George

Last conversations with Oliver Sacks

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The New Word Order
Payal Dhar

Fan fiction writes another age of female liberation

The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution /
The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury
The Age of Dissent
Shikha Kumar

How the Hungry Movement of Bengal in the 60s mirrored the Beat Generation

Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Snipers Who Broke ISIS /
Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Snipers Who Broke ISIS
Azad Cudi
War for Peace
Ullekh NP

Memoir of a Kurdish sniper who helped stop the ISIS in Syria

A Short History of the New India /
A Short History of the New India
KS Komireddi
The Fall of Eden
Siddharth Singh

The arc of India’s descent from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi

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