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Book Reviews

Losing Faith

Shikha Kumar

A Malayalam novel delves into the dangers of organised religion

Body and Blood
Benyamin | Translated from Malayalam by Swarup BR
Death in Her Hands /
Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh
Nobody’s Novelist

Ottessa Moshfegh’s new book establishes her prowess at excavating the minds of characters on the margins of society

Estuary /
Estuary
Perumal Murugan | Translated from the Tamil by Nandini Krishnani
Father and Son

A searing look at generational conflict and conservatism

Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism /
Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism
Dinyar Patel
A Nationalist before Nationalism

The political evolution of Dadabhai Naoroji

Destination Wedding /
Destination Wedding
Diksha Basu
The Drawing Room Writer

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

A Burning /
A Burning
Megha Majumdar
The Bright Spark

Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, about a terrorist attack, deals with the big questions of contemporary India with a light hand

The End of October /
The End of October
Lawrence Wright
In Conversation with Lawrence Wright

‘If you can go to a protest, why can’t you go to a football game, why can’t you go to a political convention?,’ Lawrence Wright tells Nandini Nair

Gone Away: An Indian Journal /
Gone Away: An Indian Journal
Dom Moraes
 | Introduction by Jerry Pinto
A Poet’s Prose

Dom Moraes’ travelogue is delicious piece of literary journalism from the 1950s

The Rickshaw Reveries /
The Rickshaw Reveries
Ipshita Nath
Capital Noir

Delhi stories where the boundaries between pleasure and violence are disturbingly blurred

You People /
You People
Nikita Lalwani
Loyalty and Longing

An immigrant’s tale in London raises ethical questions

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