Books
The Return of Raja Rao
Rajni George
The reissue of the pioneer’s four classics brings to life his spiritual quest in all its vividness
Much Hullabaloo Over Halahala
Graphic novelist Appupen takes on consumerism in the third of his ambitious series. But is he part of the very system he is criticising?
‘I feel like the same person. The world has changed’
Ian McEwan returns in top form with The Children Act. The novelist talks about mortality, the news cycle and the future of Scotland
The international list
Japanese introverts, aircraft carriers, celebrity interviews, new dope on a legendary double agent, contemporary feminism 101, showgirls in 30s San Francisco, Spain after Franco and the Resistance
One Book is Not Enough
The controversial memoirs of the ex-confidant of Sonia Gandhi entertain but fail to deliver the Kissinger-esque history lessons the former foreign minister, a skilled storyteller, could have given us
An Ordinary Phenom
Cult writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s powerful memory electrifies the mundane and turns it into the stuff of literary best-sellers
Serve and Sell
Why Indian politicians are bad memoirists. An underdeveloped genre and the greater publishing possibilities it offers
Grand Dame of Destiny
Nayantara Sahgal talks about her life, work and the ever-changing idea of India on the eve of a new book and biography
Stones of Empire
Tristram Hunt’s portraits of cities such as Calcutta, Delhi and Bombay bring to life the imperial mission
Return of the Sage
This stark telling of the swift ascent of a political demagogue is a compelling commentary on modern India, despite a simplistic take on the ancient master of statecraft
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