Books
Dazzled by Their Soul
Hartosh Singh Bal
Our politician poets such as Kapil Sibal are so in love with themselves that they believe every eructation of theirs deserves a readership. Our literary culture is more than happy to oblige
Power of Celibacy
Joseph S Alter’s book studies masculinity in modern India and spans territories as distinct—if linked—as wrestling, exercise and saving semen
Dirty Rotten Murderers
Modern crime fiction seems to have caught up with the perversity of real-life violence. Gone are the days when the little grey cells were all that was important to a racy read
The Invisibles
The Indian criminal justice sytem is like the market for garbage, where innocence and guilt can be bought and sold like polyurethane bags. This is how Abdul, the main character of Katherine Boo’s book on living and dying in a Mumbai slum, makes sense of his tragic life. An extract
Think Difference
An engaging book by a Nobel laureate that could leave the discerning reader even more so
Missing the Plot
Kunal Basu’s talent as a novelist lies well hidden in the complex maze he wanders through in this new book
Don’t Say Goodbye Yet
Not after you made us wait 35 years. Not after this thrilling new collection of poems, subtle and intricate and so mature. Not just yet, Adil Jussawalla
Bombay in His Veins
Kiran Nagarkar was watching movies to put off writing, but ended up writing a novel set in Bollywood
The Poetry of the Unsettled
A protagonist of great sensitivity and disaffection earns debut novelist Teju Cole formidable comparisons
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