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Mahabharata Redux

Sandipan Deb

The Last War is a re-imagining of the great epic set in the Mumbai underworld. In the dead of night, a few hours before he and his brothers go to war against their cousins for control of the city’s largest crime empire, Jeet Kuru starts having doubts. But that old fox Kishenbhai will have none of it. Extracts from a new novel

A Director’s Mind

Baradwaj Rangan’s book is proof that there is space for intelligent questions in Indian cinema

Fuzzy Money and Fudgy Logic

This book will not overthrow capitalism, but mounts a critique that deserves a read

His Many Suns

Finally, non-Punjabi readers can feel the anguish in the poems of Lal Singh Dil, a Naxalite poet from Punjab

An Uneven Ride

The television host hits the golf course to get 40 high profile people to reveal the secrets of their success

Shillong Tales

In this beautiful collection of short stories, where the everyday blends with the supernatural, Janice Pariat tells the story of Shillong and its people

The Fast and the Epicurious

Boria Majumdar is no masterchef, but for someone new to the kitchen, his recipes are effective and unintimidating

Banking on God

The success of Amish Tripathi’s Meluha series has led to a surfeit of mythological thrillers

Sheep in Wolf Attire

Naomi Wolf’s new book on the vagina is as misogynistic as they come

Heartbreak Central

Junot Diaz’s stories of love, especially the wreckage of love, hit where it hurts most

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