Books
Between the Sheets
Rajni George
An enjoyable erotic adventure, cooked up right at the publisher’s office, takes us directly to the young loins of politically correct urban India
The real deal
This elegant novel about young people in Delhi is a quietly subversive commentary on urban Indian life—and one of the most original voices in recent Indian fiction
The truth behind the laughter
The hilarious diary of a Pakistani socialite returns in its third sortie to cause a flutter yet again
Begum of the Basilica
Julia Keay tells the story of an extraordinary woman ruler who constantly reinvented herself to survive the turmoil of India’s passage to British rule
Family Chronicles
Fascinating Parsi characters fill Cyrus Mistry’s uneven collection of stories around hassled sons and lonely spouses
Man of the Wild
Conservationist Vivek Menon on charismatic mammals, environmental awareness and the urgent need for land securement
The executioner’s song
A dark, masterful satire plays on death and the media, bringing one of Kerala’s strongest voices to English via Calcutta
The international list
From Britain’s music scene of the 90s to China’s Cultural Revolution to the publishing worlds of New York and London, a treat of drama and comedy
The wretched land
A study of Pakistan’s pervasive military influence masters the broad strokes of its history but lacks the insight of intimacy
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