Cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Murkherjee highlights the importance of tenderness in scientific inquiry and the many meanings of ‘normal’
Activist Lindy West speaks out against a culture where bigness is seen as a moral failing
For the first time in English, read about the mythic French captain in Hindustan, the superhero of 1857
The frailties and fantasies of this Man Booker shortlisted novel make it a quiet classic
A Nobel Laureate chronicles the fall of the Soviet Union
Manjushree Thapa creates a breathtaking landscape that can be both hostile and affectionate towards the people who bustle in and out
KR Meera’s new novella is born of an early fascination with Naxalism and freedom
Rediscovering Alexander von Humboldt, the 19th century scientist and humanist who first understood the web of life
Stories of new Indian youth who don't accept that they are born with a handicap of caste, village or class