A novel set in a fictitious Bengali village fails to realise its ambitions
A calligrapher’s vivid account of the friendship between the great mystic Rumi and an itinerant dervish is spun into a masterful novel
The best cricket book you will read this year, from Pakistan, outscores a passionate commemoration of the Tendulkar legacy
Harish Khare could have done better than his simplistic jottings to debunk the Modi phenomenon
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
Historian Tom Holland on the riddle of monotheism and the crisis within modern-day Islam
A tender, compelling novel-in-stories with a big secret at its heart
Vinod Mehta updates his memoir with more wicked and wonderful stories from his life as an editor
Granta’s second India issue brings together a new crop of writers who don’t quite up the ante