Sheela Tomy’s novel tells the stories of the land and its people. She speaks to Open about bringing the Western Ghats alive in fiction
Children’s fiction in India dares to echo the cultural arguments of the times
Shehan Karunatilaka brings the Booker Prize to the haunted island
Karunatilaka’s novel, though set during the civil war of the 1990s, seems oddly resonant today
The novels shortlisted for the Booker prize 2022 use humour, horror and heart as strategy
On the eve of his birth anniversary on October 15, his former private secretary makes some startling revelations about the politics behind the scenes
An anthology by young writers that spans Mughal nostalgia to present dystopias