Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys bears powerful witness to brutality and oppression that are all too real
Suraj Yengde delivers lessons on caste and race with a rare liveliness
Four novels answer the question of justice and law
Kavita Puri chronicles the lives of migrants caught in double displacement
A vivid challenge to typical narratives about women’s suffering, sacrifice and spirituality in Pakistan
Stephen Alter writes an uplifting story on the mountain lore and natural history of the Himalayas. The author in conversation with Shail Desai
An engrossing first-person account of the battle between development and environmental protection
Writer and translator Shanta Gokhale reflects on what it means to be a woman in India