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An Outsider’s Gaze

Sharanya Manivannan

A contemporary ethnographic work on isolated tribes that trespasses too often

Ode to Nature

Vaishali Rawat

A journey across Asia’s most beautiful wildernesses

Harlan Coben: ‘I like starting with a placid lake. I can then just drop a small pebble and see what happens’

Lhendup G Bhutia

In his latest novel, Harlan Coben writes about a feral child being adopted. The master of the suburban thriller tells Lhendup G Bhutia why pleasant families make for compelling stories

Mantel’s Genius

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

The final novel in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy proves how the kingmaker can make for a more compelling story than the king

Tinker a Tale

Sophia Khan

The everyday ingenuity we see around us is at the heart of steampunk, a genre defined by its combination of modern technology and anachronistic settings