Rajni George
A memorial to Hindi’s first modern play and theatre event, pitting poetry against patronage
The dream world of a landowner soars through the ravages of the Great Bengal Famine in this novel
This debut about omnisexual werewolves is a lyrical new member of the sparse Indian fantasy writers club
The author of The Tin Drum changed the art of the novel. And his politics was consistently problematic
The emotional balance sheet of a poet proves that nothing is ever forgotten in the end
This lyrical Sanskrit retelling of the Biblical tale of David and Bathsheba’s love, written by a Hindu poet for his Muslim patron, a 16th century Lodhi prince, offers a valuable confluence
A semi-historical novel uses Holmesian forensics to solve the mystery of the Bombay plague of 1896
Who will be the next superstar in fiction? Rajni George reports from the publishing world