Shougat Dasgupta
A novel set in a fictitious Bengali village fails to realise its ambitions
A calligrapher’s vivid account of the friendship between the great mystic Rumi and an itinerant dervish is spun into a masterful novel
The best cricket book you will read this year, from Pakistan, outscores a passionate commemoration of the Tendulkar legacy
The biggest bromance in contemporary literary history comes full circle at JLF, as VS Naipaul and Paul Theroux drive out together
Author Javier Moro on the release of his controversial book, The Red Sari, and why the life of Sonia Gandhi fascinates him
Talking about women's writing and talking about sex may soon be passé, two of today’s sessions suggest
Granta’s second India issue brings together a new crop of writers who don’t quite up the ante
A spunky collection of essays takes an acclaimed novelist through India and the world in search of her many homes
In the first of a trilogy which is part history and part memoir, Pranab Mukherjee misses the big picture of history