A regional classic brings out the dehumanising experience of prison life
A writer in a polarised world. Hari Kunzru talks about his art and politics in a conversation with Rahul Pandita
Sheryl Sandberg’s guide on coping with loss and how to be a better friend
Through candid and spirited letters to his sons, a father addresses the issues that haunt Islam today
Anees Salim first found a licence to fantasise in his hometown of Varkala in Kerala. In his latest novel he returns to the sea with a scathingly funny, achingly sad story
In Prayaag Akbar’s first novel, a mother’s search for her daughter becomes a searing argument against power. The writer in conversation with Bhavya Dore
An institution that gave up independence on the verge of winning it