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KR Meera: The Rebel’s Credo

Aditya Mani Jha

KR Meera’s latest novel blends mythology and history. The Malayalam author tells Aditya Mani Jha about creating strong women characters and the lure of the Bible

A Home in Memory

Madhulika Liddle

Eighteen women writers imagine Afghanistan of the moment

No Sky Above

Zakia Soman

A wheelchair-bound prisoner’s appeal to the state and to humanity

The Iron Will

Rajeev Deshpande

How Narendra Modi strengthened India’s defence

Spot the Killer

Shylashri Shankar

An eclectic crop of detectives in our midst—a constable in a backwater town; an inspector examining deleted audio files; a woman detective in 1920s Bangalore; and a middle-aged bachelor-priest