books

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

James Shapiro: World’s a Stage

Nandini Nair

The most imaginative reinterpretations of the Bard are being seen in Asia, says the foremost Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro

Shakespeare: Favourite Lines From the World’s Most Quoted Writer

Open

Full of sound and fury, signifying everything

Macbeth: Out, Out, Brief Candle!

MJ Akbar

Macbeth is the drama of ambition rising from the ash of ethics. We live today in a different age from Macbeth and the king he betrayed and assassinated

Shakespeare: The Play’s the Thing

Nandini Nair

He understands the personal better than a shrink and the political better than a pundit. He explains it all better than a sage. An Open celebration of the world’s greatest storyteller