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The Killer Close By

Shylashri Shankar

A whiff of Agatha Christie and Umberto Eco in intimate murderers

Nation on Trial

Prayaag Akbar’s new novel is a portrait of online India

Art of Love

Hari Kunzru’s new novel completes his trilogy on creative pursuits. The author speaks to

Fruit of the Nation

Sopan Joshi’s encyclopaedic biography of the mango reveals why it is intrinsic to India. The author in conversation with

The French Connection

Ira Mukhoty uses alternative histories in her portrait of Awadh. She tells how the old Western point of view has become dated

Spittle Parable

A satire set around a paan shop in colonial India

India International

The country’s diplomatic history through its early recruits

Poetic Licence

What is lost in Vikram Seth’s wonderful translation of Hanuman Chalisa is bhakti

‘Writing is a bad habit of mine. I have never stopped,’ says Anita Desai

Anita Desai returns after more than a decade with the story of a young woman in Mexico. She speaks about why writers are outsiders

How India Lost the Case on Tibet

How India Lost the Case on Tibet: Nehru ignored red flags, misread communist China and the implications for India’s security

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