The Hotel at the End of the World

Melancholy’s Children

In his first collection of short stories, Kazuo Ishiguro shows us that this form is capable of handling the biggest of themes

The Slumdog Industry

It is rare for a film to inspire books on its theme, its principal characters or its creators. In that sense, the timing of Mathai’s book is a dead giveaway

Days of Rahmania

Making music with AR Rahman is known to have driven many filmmakers up the wall. For, he hates deadlines as much as he craves musical perfection. An extract

‘The Sisters Think I’ll be Cursed for Writing’

A Cocktail of Contradictions

Expect the unexpected in this collection of short stories on everything from homicide to perversion

A Bible on Hinduism

Hinduism as we know it was a British creation. DN Jha reveals a few home truths

Review – The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Wielding the Kitchen Knife and a Pen

A domestic help in Delhi, 35-year-old Halder stands a class apart from most Indian bestselling writers

A State Gone to Seed

A collection of essays fails to shed new light on an old topic. The focus is on Pakistan, not on the great divide