Books

Written on the Body

Sumana Roy

A master of ‘wet poems’ places the body at the centre of political and social structures

Bant Singh: Notes of Defiance

Chatura Rao

An ode to the Dalit singer Bant Singh explores the beauty and bloodiness of Punjab

Stripped to the Core

Rosalyn D’Mello

Is writing a memoir worth the sacrifice, the self-shaming, the self-aggrandising?

Onward and Upward

Ranjit Lal

This celebration of Indian birds is a treasure chest that might even kick-start a lifelong passion in readers

Vivek Shanbhag: Family Matters

Nandini Nair

Vivek Shanbhag has written a finely-woven novel which tells of the machinations of work and money, prosperity and globalisation through the story of a family

Hillary Clinton: “I can play with the boys now”

Karen Blumenthal

The story of Hillary Rodham Clinton, ‘an exasperating little girl’ who wished to become an astronaut

Cricket: The Founding Fathers

Suresh Menon

Cricket would never have been the same without the genius of WG Grace and Richie Benaud

And the Mountains Echoed

Mohit Satyanand

A journey to the Himalayas that everyone dreams of but few undertake

Gateway Litfest: Letter and Spirit

Harsh Nadkarni

In the age of literary festivals, this one in Mumbai focuses on the anxieties, aspirations and richness of India imagined in Indian languages

The Art of Publishing

Nandini Nair

Benedikt Taschen has redefined the business of books as an exclusive experience in sensuality and aesthetics. He and his man in India talk to Open as they discover the potential of the Indian market