Aatish Taseer’s dilemma is that he writes his best when he is trying to be Naipaul, but he clearly needs to move beyond Naipaul and find his own voice.
Santosh Desai is a top-of-the-class ad guy, no doubt about that. And he lives up to the expectations with a series of essays that entertain, surprise and evoke nostalgia
The story of Ranjit Singh, whose military genius and legendary reign makes you reflect on the many what-ifs of Indian history.
Move over Chetan Bhagat. There is a new crop of BEs and MBAs churning out fiction, and not just about life at the IITs and IIMs.
Remember the fakeIPLplayer blog? It’s back as a book and it’s witty, engrossing and often rings quite true.
In casting doubt on US rescue missions, Stiglitz saves economics from autism charges.
Funny, relaxed and red blooded, Zadie Smith shows she’s much more than just a novelist.
Pavan Varma believes the liberation of our colonised mind requires us to learn from our ancient past. But did the past he envisages ever exist?
Why Keynes reigns. And why that’s no reason to adopt his economics lazily.
The Samsung Tagore Literature Awards, announced in New Delhi on 25 January, have sent shockwaves in the world of literature.