Books

Delights of Cartography

Gautam Bhatia

A memorial stroll through the changing history of Delhi

Citizen Chained

Tanul Thakur

A regional classic brings out the dehumanising experience of prison life

Love in the Time of War

Chatura Rao

A pulp panorama featuring an Air Force romantic

Hari Kunzru: ‘The border is not a nice place right now for anybody with brown skin’

Rahul Pandita

A writer in a polarised world. Hari Kunzru talks about his art and politics in a conversation with Rahul Pandita

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