books

Jungle Books

Prerna Bindra

Three novellas that give voice to the wild

The Gambler’s Choice

Karthik Keramalu

Calculating risks through mathematics and some philosophy

‘I want to treat facts of history as sacred,’ says Navtej Sarna

Nandini Nair

Navtej Sarna’s new novel recounts the horrors of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The author and diplomat speaks to Nandini Nair about writing the history of Punjab and the freedom struggle through fiction

Resistance Tongue

Akshya Saxena

English has always been imagined as an ally of the Dalit struggle

KR Meera: The Rebel’s Credo

Aditya Mani Jha

KR Meera’s latest novel blends mythology and history. The Malayalam author tells Aditya Mani Jha about creating strong women characters and the lure of the Bible

No Sky Above

Zakia Soman

A wheelchair-bound prisoner’s appeal to the state and to humanity

The Iron Will

Rajeev Deshpande

How Narendra Modi strengthened India’s defence

Spot the Killer

Shylashri Shankar

An eclectic crop of detectives in our midst—a constable in a backwater town; an inspector examining deleted audio files; a woman detective in 1920s Bangalore; and a middle-aged bachelor-priest