books

Gone Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Shylashri Shankar

Is Nordic Noir past its gory days?

Daddy in the Shadows

Bunny Suraiya

A gripping novel where the son gets to know himself better through his raucous uncles and absent father

Two on a Trip

Jai Arjun Singh

A well-told memoir on drug abuse, the saviour and the saved

The Enigma of Evil

Vineet Gill

This realistic portrait of post-traumatic madness is a moral fable as well

The Big Small Book

Devapriya Roy

A deft reminder of how quiet lives lived in quiet pockets can reveal the human condition

Eka Kurniawan: A Terrible Beauty Is Born

Nandini Nair

The rising star of Indonesian fiction, Eka Kurniawan spins a tale that is as bloody as it is brilliant. He has a message for the world—the truth always exposes itself. The magical realist in conversation with Open

Shakespeare: A Modern Romance

Bunny and Jug Suraiya

Rahman & Juhi

Shakespeare: My Master’s Voice

Rajat Kapoor

I went to Shakespeare’s burial place in Stratford when we had gone with Hamlet for a three-week tour to the UK. I said a little prayer. I don’t believe in god or religion, I asked for something which is now between me and him