Books
The Man Who is Afraid of a Skullcap
Hartosh Singh Bal
Two books on Narendra Modi establish why it is silly to hope that the bigot will ever be any less bigoted
Blood on the Border
A new crop of writers are adapting the the tried-and-tested spy thriller to an Indian context, for an Indian readership, with a familiar villain
The Conversationalist
Mohsin Hamid talks about his new novel, the inevitability of acknowledging the reader, and how his writing has been changed by fatherhood
Debjani and Darcy
Anuja Chauhan gives us the kind of romance we fantasise—without spelling out the sex
The Second Woman
Prabha Khaitan’s autobiography is an account of a feminist icon who craved independence as much as acceptance by the man she loved
Look Who’s Kidding
Professors who go to such unusual extents to reach readers are impossible to ignore
History is in the Telling
Dalrymple’s book is well researched, but that still doesn’t mean we take his account at face value
The Reconstructor of Mythology
Lord Shiva himself chose him to write his bestselling trilogy, believes writer Amish Tripathi
Between Cricket and Cancer
Yuvraj Singh’s account of how he got into the game and battled cancer is a surprisingly engaging read
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