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Kalidas, in the rain

A memorial to Hindi’s first modern play and theatre event, pitting poetry against patronage

The guardian angel

The dream world of a landowner soars through the ravages of the Great Bengal Famine in this novel

Eat or be eaten

This debut about omnisexual werewolves is a lyrical new member of the sparse Indian fantasy writers club

The Absent Traveller

A prolonged conversation with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, one of India's leading poets, turns life into verse

A Hole in the Earth

The emotional balance sheet of a poet proves that nothing is ever forgotten in the end

Expanding the Pluriverse

This lyrical Sanskrit retelling of the Biblical tale of David and Bathsheba’s love, written by a Hindu poet for his Muslim patron, a 16th century Lodhi prince, offers a valuable confluence

The Perfect Murder

A semi-historical novel uses Holmesian forensics to solve the mystery of the Bombay plague of 1896

India Is Elsewhere

The author fails to understand the impact of democracy in South Asia

End of an Aura

An academic take on the last years of Indira Gandhi fails to capture her impact on Indian politics

The Last Action Heroes

A Hindi film buff from America punches his way into the fan club of Bollywood action movies

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