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Loose Canon
Sunanda K Datta-Ray
Shashi Tharoor takes on everything from Modi to the significance of birthdays with his elegant prose, but spreads his umbrella too wide
Immortal Frenzy
A calligrapher’s vivid account of the friendship between the great mystic Rumi and an itinerant dervish is spun into a masterful novel
The Master and the Neighbour
The best cricket book you will read this year, from Pakistan, outscores a passionate commemoration of the Tendulkar legacy
A Man of Our Time
Harish Khare could have done better than his simplistic jottings to debunk the Modi phenomenon
A Fine Balance
The eighth Jaipur Literature Festival featured fewer superstars but sustained its literary value. Also, a swansong for a great writer—and another way of festival life
“I hope the more pacific, cat-loving Muhammad serves as the model for Muslims”
Historian Tom Holland on the riddle of monotheism and the crisis within modern-day Islam
Remembering Vinod Mehta: Tales from the Last Chance Saloon
Vinod Mehta updates his memoir with more wicked and wonderful stories from his life as an editor
Farewell Exotica
Granta’s second India issue brings together a new crop of writers who don’t quite up the ante
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