Books

Being Mortal

Bunny Suraiya

Sheryl Sandberg’s guide on coping with loss and how to be a better friend

The Perfect Murder

Zac O’Yeah

A much abused genre in India is reaching a sense of literary maturity

The Parable of a True Muslim

Mahtab Alam

Through candid and spirited letters to his sons, a father addresses the issues that haunt Islam today

Anees Salim: The Solitary Reaper

Jai Arjun Singh

Anees Salim first found a licence to fantasise in his hometown of Varkala in Kerala. In his latest novel he returns to the sea with a scathingly funny, achingly sad story

Pirsig and his Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Lhendup G Bhutia

How a road trip inspired a classic

The Angry Fabulist

Bhavya Dore

In Prayaag Akbar’s first novel, a mother’s search for her daughter becomes a searing argument against power. The writer in conversation with Bhavya Dore